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tasseling
Variant of tassel
noun
- Obsolete a clasp or fibula
- an ornamental tuft of threads, cords, etc. of equal length, hanging loosely from a knob or from the knot by which they are tied together
- something resembling this; specif., the tassel-like inflorescence of some plants, as corn
transitive verb tasseled or tasselled, tasseling or tasselling
to ornament with tassels
intransitive verb
to grow tassels, as corn
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