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CROFT
croft
(noun) a small farm worked by a crofter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
croft (plural crofts)
An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.
Synonym: quillet
Verb
croft (third-person singular simple present crofts, present participle crofting, simple past and past participle crofted)
(intransitive) To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.
(transitive, archaic) To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it.
Etymology 2
Noun
croft (plural crofts) (archaic)
An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.
A cave or cavern.
Etymology 3
Noun
croft (plural crofts)
(archaic) A carafe.
Anagrams
• ROTFC, forc't
Proper noun
Croft
A surname, from the common noun croft, and from places named Croft.
Anagrams
• ROTFC, forc't
Source: Wiktionary
Croft (krft; 115), n. Etym: [AS. croft; akin to D. kroft hillock; cf. Gael. croit hump, croft.]
Definition: A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm. A few small crofts of stone-encumbered ground. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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