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adv. Without intermission or end. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Suffering no decrease. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ the river ] flows and flows, and yet will flow,
Volume decreaseless to the final hour. A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. ezel ass, donkey, hence, easel, or G. esel; akin to E. ass. See Ass. ] A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Easel picture,
Easel piece, a painting of moderate size such as is made while resting on an easel, as distinguished from a painting on a wall or ceiling. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without ease. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. meselrie, OF. mesellerie. See 1st Measle. ] Leprosy. [ Obs. ] R. of Brunne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tesel, AS. t&aemacr_;sel, t&aemacr_;sl, the fuller's herb. See Tease. ] [ Written also tassel, tazel, teasle, teazel, and teazle. ] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (Dipsacus fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Small teasel is Dipsacus pilosus, wild teasel is Dipsacus sylvestris. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bur of this plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Teasel frame, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Teaseled r Teaselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Teaseling or Teaselling. ] To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth. [ Written also teaseller, teasler. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels. [ Written also teaselling, teazling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wesele, AS. wesle; akin to D. wezel, G. wiesel, OHG. wisala, Icel. hreyivīsla, Dan. väsel, Sw. vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, cat, weasel. ] (Zool.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Malacca weasel, the rasse. --
Weasel coot, a female or young male of the smew; -- so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called also weasel duck. --
Weasel lemur, a short-tailed lemur (Lepilemur mustelinus). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown below, with the throat white. [ 1913 Webster ]