Tassel

Tassel
Recorded as Tassell, Tassel, Tossell, Toxell, Tysall, Tasseler and others, this is an English surname. It is medieval and according to the famous Victirian etymologist Canon Charles Bardsley was occupational for a textile worker who scratched cloth with a teasel to make a nap! A recording from the instructions to the freeman of the city of York in about 1460 states that ....' every fuller from the feast of St Peter in his craft and occupation of tayseler of cloth shall use taysels and no cards'....Whilst in the inventory of the estate and will of Edward Kyrkelands of Kendall who died in 1568, we have the recording of 'Tazills, 5s and 8d more in tazills'. Occupational surnames usually only became hereditary when a son followed his father into the same line of business. In this case we havee arly recordings which include Gilbert le Tasselere in the Hundred Rolls of Yorjkshire in 1273, whilst Edward Teasler was a student at Oxford Universitt in 1610. Other recordings include Alice Tassell who married George Kidell at St Benets church in the city of London on August 25th 1624, and Eleanor Toxell who married Peter Mumm at St Martins in the Field, Westminster, on January 1st 1740

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  • Tassel — Tas sel, n. [OE., a fastening of a mantle, OF. tassel a fastening, clasp, F. tasseau a bracket, Fr. L. taxillus a little die, dim. of talus a die of a longish shape, rounded on two sides and marked only on the other four, a knuckle bone.] 1. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tassel — Tas sel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tasseled}or {Tasselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tasseling} or {Tasselling}.] To put forth a tassel or flower; as, maize tassels. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tassel — (n.) c.1300, mantle fastener, from O.Fr. tassel a fastening, clasp (mid 12c.), from V.L. *tassellus, said to be from L. taxillus small die or cube, a dim. of talus knucklebone, ankle (see TALUS (Cf. talus) (1)). But OED finds this doubtful and… …   Etymology dictionary

  • tassel — tassel1 [tas′əl] n. [ME < OFr, knob, knot, button < VL * tassellus, altered < L taxillus, a small die (akin to talus, ankle), based on L tessella, small cube, piece of mosaic] 1. Obs. a clasp or fibula 2. an ornamental tuft of threads,… …   English World dictionary

  • Tassel — Tas sel, n. (Falconry) A male hawk. See {Tercel}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tassel — Tas sel, n. [See {Teasel}.] A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tassel — Tas sel, v. t. To adorn with tassels. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tassel — The inflected forms are tasselled, tasselling in BrE and in AmE usually tasseled, tasseling …   Modern English usage

  • tassel — ► NOUN 1) a tuft of hanging threads, knotted together at one end and used for decoration in soft furnishing and clothing. 2) the tufted head of some plants. DERIVATIVES tasselled adjective. ORIGIN Old French, clasp …   English terms dictionary

  • Tassel — For other uses, see hilt and maize. A tassel is a binding of plaited or otherwise gathered threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the tassel is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end. Tassels are… …   Wikipedia

  • tassel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, clasp, tassel, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *tassellus, alteration of Latin taxillus small die; akin to Latin talus anklebone, die Date: 14th century 1. a dangling ornament made by laying parallel a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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