tasselling

Variant of tassel

tassel definition

tas·sel (tas′əl)

noun

  1. Obsolete a clasp or fibula
  2. 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
  3. something resembling this; specif., the tassel-like inflorescence of some plants, as corn

Etymology: ME < OFr, knob, knot, button < VL *tassellus, altered < L taxillus, a small die (akin to talus, ankle), based on L tessella, small cube, piece of mosaic

transitive verb tasseled -·seled or tasselled -·selled, tasseling -·sel·ing or tasselling -·sel·ling

to ornament with tassels

intransitive verb

to grow tassels, as corn

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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