Is it sad that I want a curtain tassel for a earring now?. From Wordnik.com. [Do you remember the time? (I don't!)] Reference
'That tassel, ma'm? why that tassel is - a fancy of the prisoner's own; we allow them to have their little fancies!'. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
The stalks grow from two to six feet high, nearly round, smooth, and branched at top; it bears a kind of tassel. From Wordnik.com. [The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.] Reference
In the latter plant, so familiar to every one, the "tassel" contains the male flowers, and the part known as the. From Wordnik.com. [Plain Facts for Old and Young] Reference
"tassel," and the female flowers lower down forming the ear. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
Next, double the tassel into shape ready for the collar. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
From the bottom of the sheath depended a leather tassel. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
This one I've got, she said, putting her toe on the tassel. From Wordnik.com. [Cats in Hats] Reference
My Krishna's tassel is lost, Tell me, some one, where it is. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
He was silent for a moment, twirling the tassel of the curtain. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
They have on their head a small red cap, with a blue tassel at top. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
With sharp scissors trim the edge of the tassel which now is complete. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Tie a knot in each end, and ravel the ends of raffia to form a tassel. From Wordnik.com. [Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools] Reference
He turned his back, went over to the window, and began to play with a curtain-tassel. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915] Reference
The old man fingered the tassel of his cap, and chewed it meditatively for a few moments. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
She returned his bow quietly, leaned forward and touched the colt with the tassel of her whip. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
It had a fringe all around the top, and high mudguards, and a whip with a tassel and ribbon on it. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
Gather up the ends of the scarf and finish with cord and tassel, or a bow of ribbon, as preferred. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
December but it was so far off dat corn was in tassel 'fore my pore grandmammy got to Greene County. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference
Complicated tassel-making requires a professional hand; even a simple tassel requires making properly. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Whilst this little cob is forming, a bunch, or tassel, of flowers is forming on the top of the corn plant. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
The girl had a scarlet feather in her felt hat, and the boy a long blue tassel hanging from his velvet cap. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown)] Reference
Wide gold snakeskin belts were tied in the back with tassel ed rope (recalling the tassels on Gucci's bags). From Wordnik.com. [Gucci Opens Milan Shows With Harem Pants] Reference
We were each outfitted with robes, red of course, and mortar-boards with a gold tassel dangling over one eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 16] Reference
"Is the tassel right?" she whispered anxiously, as she passed a group of girls seated near the platform steps. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Wales Senior] Reference
At once the little man vanished, and in his place lay an ear of corn, with a red tassel where the feathers had been. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference
But when one has a fine red cap with a blue tassel, one is too fine to ride on peat loads, and Anders trotted proudly by. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
Instead of a turban, he wore a high pointed cap on his head, at the end of which was a tassel of the same hue as the girdle. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
The only objections they would occasionally make, would refer to the pretermission of some such thing as a tassel in the cap. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
For the occasion, the Sultan-elect was dressed in European costume, and wore a Turkish fez with a heavy tassel of black silk. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
And it was altogether red, except a small part in the middle which was green, for the red yarn had given out; and the tassel was blue. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
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