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Webster 1913 Edition
Tassel
Tas′sel
,Noun.
[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
Of its garments green and yellow,
Of its
tassels
and its plumage. Longfellow.
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 Cineraria sconchifolia
, and of the blossoms which they bear.Tas′sel
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tasseled
or Tasselled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tasseling
or Tasselling
.] To put forth a tassel or flower;
as, maize
. tassels
Tas′sel
,Verb.
T.
To adorn with tassels.
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tassel
TAS'SEL
, n.1.
A sort of pendant ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains and the like, ending in loose threads.2.
A small ribbon of silk sewed to a book, to be put between the leaves.3.
In building, tassels are the pieces of boards that lie under the mantle-tree.4.
A burr. [See Teasel.]5.
A male hawk; properly terzol.Definition 2024
tassel
tassel
English
Ornamental tassels
Noun
tassel (plural tassels)
- A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the tassel is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end. Tassels are normally decorative elements, and as such one often finds them attached, usually along the bottom hem, to garments, curtains or other hangings.
- The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.
- The loose hairs at the end of a braid.
- A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewed to a book to be put between the pages.
- (architecture) 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.
- A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
Translations
ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads
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male inflorescence of maize
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Related terms
Verb
tassel (third-person singular simple present tassels, present participle tasselling, simple past and past participle tasselled)
- To adorn with tassels.
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act V, Scene V, verses 37-39
- […] gauzes of silver mist;
- Loop’d up with cords of twisted wreathed light,
- And tassell’d round with weeping meteors!
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act V, Scene V, verses 37-39
- To put forth a tassel or flower.
- Maize is a crop that tassels.
Anagrams
Old French
Noun
tassel m (oblique plural tasseaus or tasseax or tassiaus or tassiax or tassels, nominative singular tasseaus or tasseax or tassiaus or tassiax or tassels, nominative plural tassel)
- tassel (adornment for a garment)
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 98 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 909:
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si em fera urle e tassels
- he will add a border and tassels
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si em fera urle e tassels
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