n. 流苏, 缨, 穗

vt. 装缨于, 摘下...穗

vi. 抽穗

[ noun ]
adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end
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Tassel \Tas"sel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tasseled}or {Tasselled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Tasseling} or {Tasselling}.]
To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.


Tassel \Tas"sel\, n. (Falconry)
A male hawk. See {Tercel}.


Tassel \Tas"sel\, n. [See {Teasel}.]
A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.


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.

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

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.

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

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.

{Tassel flower} (Bot.), a name of several composite plants of
the genus {Cineraria}, especially the {Cineraria
sconchifolia}, and of the blossoms which they bear.


Tassel \Tas"sel\, v. t.
To adorn with tassels. --Chaucer.

Teasel \Tea"sel\, n. [OE. tesel, AS. t[=ae]sel, t[=ae]sl, 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.

Note: Small teasel is {Dipsacus pilosus}, wild teasel is
{Dipsacus sylvestris}.

2. A bur of this plant.

3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in
dressing cloth.

{Teasel frame}, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel
heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.


Tercel \Ter"cel\, n.
See {Tiercel}. Called also {tarsel}, {tassel}. --Chaucer.