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1.NounA ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).
2.NounThe panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.
3.NounThe loose hairs at the end of a braid.
4.NounA narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewn to a book to be put between the pages.
5.NounA 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.
6.NounA kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
7.NounA thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.
8.VerbTo adorn with tassels.
9.VerbTo put forth a tassel or flower."Maize is a crop that tassels."
10.NounAlternative form of tassell.