A flock or tuft of wool or wool-like hairs; the downy plumage of unfledged birds.
A cloud species which consists of rounded tufts of cloud, often formed by dissipation from larger cloud species. Associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.
The loose hairs at the end of a braid.
A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).
A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.
A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewed to a book to be put between the pages.
The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.
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.
To adorn with tassels.
To put forth a tassel or flower.