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Traditional English :: tuft
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tuft.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a bunch or collection of threads, grass, feathers, hair, etc., held or growing together at the base.
2 Anat. a bunch of small blood-vessels. --v. 1 tr. provide with a tuft or tufts.
2 tr. make depressions at regular intervals in (a mattress etc.) by passing a thread through.
3 intr. grow in tufts. tufty adj. [ME, prob. f. OF tofe, toffe, of unkn. orig.: for -t cf. GRAFT(1)] |
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Traditional English :: tufted
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tuft.html - adj.
1 having or growing in a tuft or tufts.
2 (of a bird) having a tuft of feathers on the head. |
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Traditional English :: tufa
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tuft.html - n. 1 a porous rock composed of calcium carbonate and formed round mineral springs. 2 = TUFF. tufaceous adj. [It., var. of tufo: see TUFF] |
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Traditional English :: tuff
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tuft.html - n. rock formed by the consolidation of volcanic ash. tuffaceous adj. [F tuf, tuffe f. It. tufo f. LL tofus, L TOPHUS] |
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Traditional English :: tuffet
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tuft.html - n.
1 = TUFT 1.
2 a low seat. [var. of TUFT] |
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Traditional English :: tuft
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tuft.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a bunch or collection of threads, grass, feathers, hair, etc., held or growing together at the base.
2 Anat. a bunch of small blood-vessels. --v. 1 tr. provide with a tuft or tufts.
2 tr. make depressions at regular intervals in (a mattress etc.) by passing a thread through.
3 intr. grow in tufts. tufty adj. [ME, prob. f. OF tofe, toffe, of unkn. orig.: for -t cf. GRAFT(1)] |
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