'Tassel' definitions:
Definition of 'tassel'
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noun
Adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end
Definition of 'Tassel'
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- Tassel \Tas"sel\, n. (Falconry) A male hawk. See Tercel. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tassel'
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- Tassel \Tas"sel\, n. [See Teasel.] A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tassel'
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- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent. [1913 Webster]
- 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. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Tassel flower (Bot.), a name of several composite plants of the genus Cineraria, especially the {Cineraria sconchifolia}, and of the blossoms which they bear. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tassel'
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- Tassel \Tas"sel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tasseledor Tasselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tasseling or Tasselling.] To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tassel'
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- Tassel \Tas"sel\, v. t. To adorn with tassels. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tassel'
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- Teasel \Tea"sel\, n. [OE. tesel, AS. t[=ae]sel, t[=ae]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]
- Note: 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]
Definition of 'tassel'
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