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Tassel \Tas"sel\, n. (Falconry)
A male hawk. See {Tercel}.
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Tassel \Tas"sel\, n. [See {Teasel}.]
A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
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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.
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2. The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
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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.
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3. A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be
put between the leaves.
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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.
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{Tassel flower} (Bot.), a name of several composite plants of
the genus {Cineraria}, especially the {Cineraria
sconchifolia}, and of the blossoms which they bear.
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Tassel \Tas"sel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tasseled}or {Tasselled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Tasseling} or {Tasselling}.]
To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.
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Tassel \Tas"sel\, v. t.
To adorn with tassels. --Chaucer.
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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.
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Note: Small teasel is {Dipsacus pilosus}, wild teasel is
{Dipsacus sylvestris}.
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2. A bur of this plant.
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3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in
dressing cloth.
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{Teasel frame}, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel
heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.
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Tercel \Ter"cel\, n.
See {Tiercel}. Called also {tarsel}, {tassel}. --Chaucer.
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