Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - tassel
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, clasp, ~, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *~lus, alteration of Latin taxillus small die; akin to Latin talus anklebone, die Date: 14th century 1. a dangling ornament made by laying parallel a bunch of cords or threads of even length and fastening them at one end 2. something resembling a ~; especially the terminal male inflorescence of some plants and especially Indian corn II. verb (-seled or -selled; -seling or ~ling) Date: 14th century transitive verb to adorn with ~s intransitive verb to put forth ~ inflorescences ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a tuft of loosely hanging threads or cords etc. attached for decoration to a cushion, scarf, cap, etc. 2 a tassel-like head of some plants, esp. a flower-head with prominent stamens at the top of a maize stalk. --v. (tasselled, tasselling; US tasseled, tasseling) 1 tr. provide with a tassel or tassels. 2 intr. US (of maize etc.) form tassels. Etymology: ME f. OF tas(s)el clasp, of unkn. orig. 2. n. (also torsel) a small piece of stone, wood, etc., supporting the end of a beam or joist. Etymology: OF ult. f. L taxillus small die, and tessella: see TESSELLATE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) зоол. султан 2) бот. метёлка, султан 3) борода (у индеек) – milky tassel – strawberry tassel ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. кисточка (украшение) 2. закладка (в виде ленточки) 3. бот. кисточка, султан 4. украшать кисточкой 5. удалять султан (у растения) 6. бот. выбрасывать кисть или султан (при цветении) 7. архит. витой орнамент ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n a mass of threads tied together into a round ball at one end and hung as a decoration on clothes, curtains etc - tasselled BrE also tasseled AmE adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1300, "mantle fastener," from O.Fr. tassel "a fastening, clasp," from V.L. *tassellus, from L. taxillus "small die or cube," a dim. of talus "knucklebone, ankle" (see talus (1)). Meaning "hanging bunch of small cords" is first recorded c.1390. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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