Nettle

net′l, n. a common plant covered with hairs which sting sharply.— v.t. to fret, as a nettle does the skin: to irritate.— ns. Nett′le-cloth , thick japanned cotton cloth used for leather; Nett′le-fish , a jelly-fish, sea-nettle; Nett′lerash , a kind of fever characterised by a rash or eruption on the skin; Nett′le-tree , a genus of trees, with simple and generally serrated leaves, the fruit a fleshy, globose, one-celled drupe; Nett′le-wort , any plant of the nettle family. [A.S. netele ; Ger. ne el .]