Meaning of TASSEL in English

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Meaning of TASSEL in English

• 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.
• The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
• A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.
• 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.
• To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.
• To adorn with tassels.

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