vt to adorn with tassels.
2. tassel ·noun a male hawk. ·see tercel.
3. tassel ·noun a kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
4. tassel ·noun the flower or head of some plants, ·esp. when pendent.
5. tassel ·vi to put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.
6. tassel ·noun a narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.
7. tassel ·noun a pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.
8. tassel ·noun 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.