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(), 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. スポンサード リンク
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