tassel (1), tastle (tle as el)

[O. Fr. ta el a fastening, a clasp (Fr. ta eau a bracket); Low Lat. ta ell us =a ta el, from Latin taxillum, acc us. of taxillus a small die, dim in. of talus =a knuckle bone, a die; Italian ta ello a collar of a cloak, a square. A ta el was probably originally a sort of button made of a piece of squared bone, and afterward of other materials. ( Skeat.).] IMG:content-0835.png:[blocks in formation] 3. A small ribbon of silk sewed to a book, to be placed between the leaves. II. Arch.: A board beneath the mantel-piece. ta el-gra , s. Pot.: Ruppia maritima .