About The Word Tuft
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Tuft
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What's The Definition Of Tuft?
[n] a bunch of feathers or hair
[n] a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass Synonyms | Synonyms for Tuft: tussock Related Terms | Find terms related to Tuft: See Also | bunch | clump | cluster | clustering | crest | hexenbesen | staghead | wisp | witch broom | witches' broom Tuft In Webster's Dictionary \Tuft\, n. [Prov. E. tuff, F. touffe; of German origin; cf.
G. zopf a weft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree. See {Top}
summit.]
1. A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot
or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a
tuft of flowers or feathers.
2. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.
Under a tuft of shade. --Milton.
Green lake, and cedar fuft, and spicy glade.
--Keble.
3. A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the
English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold
tassel, on the cap worn by them. [Cant, Eng.]
Several young tufts, and others of the faster men.
--T. Hughes.
\Tuft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tufted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tufting}.] 1. To separate into tufts. 2. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft. --Thomson. \Tuft\, v. i. To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts. |
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