tassel

tassel has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. A male hawk. See Tercel.
• n.. A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
• n.. A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.
• n.. The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
• n.. A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.
• n.. 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.
• v. i.. To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.
• v. t.. To adorn with tassels.
• n.. adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end