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TUFTING
Verb
tufting
present participle of tuft
Noun
tufting (plural tuftings)
A tuft.
Source: Wiktionary
TUFT
Tuft, n. Etym: [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.
Definition: To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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