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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.
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2. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.
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Under a tuft of shade. Milton.
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Green lake, and cedar fuft, and spicy glade. Keble.
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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.]
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Several young tufts, and others of the faster men. T. Hughes.
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Tuft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tufted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tufting.] 1. To separate into tufts.
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2. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft. Thomson.
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Tuft, v. i. To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
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