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Definition of Tassel

1. Noun. Adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end.

Definition of Tassel

1. n. A male hawk. See Tercel.

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

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

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

5. v. t. To adorn with tassels.

Definition of Tassel

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. The male inflorescence of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them. ¹

3. Noun. The loose hairs at the end of a braid. ¹

4. Verb. to adorn with tassels ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tassel

1. to adorn with dangling ornaments [v -SELED, -SELING, -SELS or -SELLED, -SELLING, -SELS]

Medical Definition of Tassel

1. A male hawk. See Tercel. 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, especially. 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." (Longfellow) 3. A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves. 4. 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, a name of several composite plants of the genus Cineraria, especially the C. Sconchifolia, and of the blossoms which they bear. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tassel

Literary usage of Tassel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1920)
"tassel SEED AND tassel EAR AS GENETICALLY DISTINCT TYPES It was stated early in this account that tassel seed and tassel ear were at first supposed to be ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Anything resembling a tassel, as the pendent head or flower of some plants ... To attach a tassel or tassels to; decorate with tassels of any kind. ..."

3. The Northern Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1904)
"In some cases the string of which the tassel is made may be ornamented with grease and ... 252, in which the tassel is attached to one end of a waist-band, ..."

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