tassel

[tas·sel]

Adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end

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A male hawk. See Tercel.

Noun
adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end

n.
A male hawk. See Tercel.

n.
A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.

n.
A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.

n.
The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.

n.
A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.

n.
A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers; -- rarely used in the United States.

v. i.
To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.

v. t.
To adorn with tassels.

Tassel

Tas"sel , n. (Falconry) A male hawk. See Tercel.

Tassel

Tas"sel, n. [See Teasel.] A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.

Tassel

Tas"sel, n. [OE., a fastening of a mantle, OF. tassel a fastening, clasp, F. tasseau a bracket, Fr. L. taxillus a little die, dim. of talus a die of a longish shape, rounded on two sides and marked only on the other four, a knuckle bone.] 1. A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords. 2. The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.

And the maize field grew and ripened, Till it stood in all the splendor Of its garments green and yellow, Of its tassels and its plumage.

3. A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves. 4. (Arch.) A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers; -- rarely used in the United States. Tassel flower (Bot.), a name of several composite plants of the genus Cineraria, especially the C. sconchifolia, and of the blossoms which they bear.

Tassel

Tas"sel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tasseled or Tasselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tasseling or Tasselling.] To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.

Tassel

Tas"sel, v. t. To adorn with tassels. Chaucer.

A male hawk. See Tercel.

A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.

A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.

To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.

To adorn with tassels.

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A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel of trailing tentacles and a single digestive opening through which it both eats and excretes - as regrettable an example of economy of design as ever was.

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