Tassel

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To adorn with tassels.

II. Tassel ·noun A male hawk. ·see Tercel.

III. Tassel ·noun A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.

IV. Tassel ·noun The flower or head of some plants, ·esp. when pendent.

V. Tassel ·vi To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.

VI. Tassel ·noun A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.

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

VIII. Tassel ·noun 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.

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