[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tassel \tas"sel\, n. falconry
   a male hawk. see tercel.
   1913 webster
see also:
tercel 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tassel \tas"sel\, n. see teasel.
   a kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
   1913 webster
see also:
teasel 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   2. the flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   3. a narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be
      put between the leaves.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   tassel flower bot., a name of several composite plants of
      the genus cineraria, especially the cineraria
      sconchifolia, and of the blossoms which they bear.
      1913 webster
see also:
tassel flower cineraria cineraria sconchifolia 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tassel \tas"sel\, v. i. imp.  p. p. tasseledor tasselled;
   p. pr.  vb. n. tasseling or tasselling.
   to put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.
   1913 webster
see also:
tasseled tasselled tasseling tasselling 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tassel \tas"sel\, v. t.
   to adorn with tassels. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

teasel \tea"sel\, n. oe. tesel, as. t=aesel, t=aesl, 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.
      1913 webster

   note: small teasel is dipsacus pilosus, wild teasel is
         dipsacus sylvestris.
         1913 webster

   2. a bur of this plant.
      1913 webster

   3. any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in
      dressing cloth.
      1913 webster

   teasel frame, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel
      heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.
      1913 webster
see also:
tease tassel tazel teasle teazel teazle 
dipsacus dipsacus fullonum dipsacus pilosus dipsacus sylvestris teasel frame 

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tercel \ter"cel\, n.
   see tiercel. called also tarsel, tassel. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
tiercel tarsel tassel 

[8] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tassel
     n : adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end
     also: tasselling, tasselled
see also:
tasselling tasselled 

Tassel >> T Words
Tassel, definition of term: Tassel
tassel_pag1.html