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Tasse [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A piece of armor for the thighs, forming an appendage to the ancient corselet.

Tassel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A sort of pendant ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains and the like, ending in loose threads.

2. A small ribbon of silk sewed to a book, to be put between the leaves.

3. In building, tassels are the pieces of boards that lie under the mantle-tree.

4. A burr. [ See Teasel .]

5. A male hawk; properly terzol.

Tassel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A male hawk. See Tercel.

2. A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.

3. A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.

4. The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.

5. A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.

6. 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.

Tassel [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.

Tassel [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To adorn with tassels.

Tasseled [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Furnished or adorned with tassels; as the tasseled horn.

Tasseled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Tasseling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Tasselled Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Tasselling Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Tasses [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

plural Armor for the thighs; appendages to the ancient corslet, consisting of skirts of iron that covered the thighs. They were fastened to the cuirass with hooks.

Tasset [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet.