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Tuft | Tuft \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. [1913 Webster] 2. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants. [1913 Webster] Under a tuft of shade. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Green lake, and cedar fuft, and spicy glade. --Keble. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Several young tufts, and others of the faster men. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster] |
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