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| tas·sel
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n.
v. tas·seled or tas·selled, tas·sel·ing or tas·sel·ling, tas·sels 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.] |
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