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Teazer vs Teazel - What's the difference?

teazer | teazel |

As nouns the difference between teazer and teazel

is that teazer is sennet whip, an implement for informal corporal punishment, formerly used in the royal navy or teazer can be the stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glassworking while teazel is .

teazer

English

Etymology 1

Apparently an alteration of (teaser), referring to it being lighter than formal punitive instruments.

Noun

(en noun)
  • sennet whip, an implement for informal corporal punishment, formerly used in the Royal Navy

    • Etymology 2

    Corrupted from (etyl) tiser to feed a fire.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glassworking.
    • (Tomlinson)

    teazel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Webster 1913)