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TOFTS
Noun
tofts
plural of toft
Source: Wiktionary
TOFT
Toft, n. Etym: [OE. toft a knoll; akin to LG. toft a field hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt a green knoll, grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft.]
1. A knoll or hill. [Obs.] "A tower on a toft." Piers Plowman.
2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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