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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Tasill,) Taisle, v. [17th c. Eng. teazle (1603), tasle (1607).] tr. Only fig.: To ‘tease’, afflict, as in the action of a teasel on cloth. —a1681 Welsh Churches Paradox 17.
His people is even so sore put at and so taisled with them [sc. the persecutors], by such burdens that they put upon them, that [etc.]
