this purpofe about a fcore of the heads of 
the Teafel are fixed in a wooden frame, or 
crofs, and bound together by a fmall cord. 
This inftrument is drawn along the wet 
cloth lengthwife, forcibly and repeatedly, 
the piece being fufpended over a perch, 
and gradually drawn from one end to the 
other, till the whole has undergone this dif- 
cipline. 
The Cloth-drefTers, in the North of Eng- 
land, fometimes (hut themfelves up, for the 
clandeftine purpofe of ufmg, inftead of thefe 
legal Teafels, Cards with wire teeth, fimilar 
to thofe which are ufed for carding wool. 
Thefe Cards were fuppofed to injure the fub- 
ftance of the cloth, an act of Parliament was 
therefore obtained to prohibit their ufe ; but 
they are more durable and confequently lefs 
expenfive. Probably we learnt this appli- 
cation of the Teafel from the Germans, who 
have given it a name exprefllve of its ufe. 
They call it KartendifteJ, that is, Card- 
thiffle. 
Vale. 
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