[tas-uh
l] 
noun, verb, -seled, -sel⋅ing or (especially British) -selled, -sel⋅ling.| 1. | a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc. |
| 2. | something resembling this, as the inflorescence of certain plants, esp. that at the summit of a stalk of corn. |
| 3. | to furnish or adorn with tassels. |
| 4. | to form into a tassel or tassels. |
| 5. | to remove the tassel from (growing corn) in order to improve the crop. |
| 6. | (of corn) to put forth tassels (often fol. by out). |
| tas·sel (tās'əl) n.
v. tr. To fringe or decorate with tassels. v. intr. To put forth a tassellike inflorescence. Used especially of corn. [Middle English, from Old French, fastening, clasp, from Vulgar Latin *tassellus, blend of Latin tessella, small die; see tessellate, taxillus, diminutive of tālus, knucklebone, ankle.] |
