TASSEL, tas'el, _n._ a hanging ornament consisting of a bunch of silk or
other material: anything like a tassel: the silk or ribbon-marker of a
book: a thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.--_v.t._ to
attach a tassel to, to ornament with tassels.--_adj._ TASS'ELLED, adorned
with tassels. [O. Fr. _tassel_, an ornament of a square shape, attached to
the dress--L. _taxillus_, dim. of _talus_, a die.]
TASSEL-GENTLE, tas'el-jen'tl, _n._ (_Shak._) the tiercel or male
goshawk--also TASS'EL-GENT--properly TIER'CEL-GEN'TLE.
TASSET, tas'et, _n._ an overlapping plate from the cuirass protecting the
thigh. [O. Fr. _tassette_--_tasse_, n pouch--Teut., Old High Ger. _tasca_,
a pouch.]