1. tassel - Noun
2. tassel - Verb
A male hawk. See Tercel.
A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.
The flower or head of some plants, esp. when pendent.
A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.
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.
To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels.
To adorn with tassels.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe white men of the South had better make up their minds that the blacks will remain in the South just as long as corn will tassel and cotton will bloom into whiteness. Timothy Thomas Fortune
A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel of trailing tentacles and a single digestive opening through which it both eats and excretes - as regrettable an example of economy of design as ever was. Jeffrey Kluger
From my first time in the bookstore, seeing all the colorful tassels and not knowing what they meant, to now having my own white tassel (shout out to the college of Arts & Sciences) and my bachelor’s degree from THE Ohio State University. Source: Internet
However, the Carlist Zouaves also wore a distinctive feature that differentiated them from existing zouave regiments elsewhere, in the form of a beret of Basque influence with a characteristic tassel. Source: Internet
The average corn crop water-use requires approximately 0.35 inches per day at tassel; however, the average daily water use in the Texas High Plains is approximately 0.3-0.35 inches per day for two months. Source: Internet
Its main adornment, a tassel (furakha) sewn into the neckline, can be impregnated with perfume. Source: Internet