Definition of tuft

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Tuft (n.) 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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Thrum :: Thrum (v. t.) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface..
Tussock :: Tussock (n.) A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge..
Tufty :: Tufty (a.) Abounding with tufts.
Floccose :: Floccose (n.) Spotted with small tufts like wool.
Lophobranchii :: Lophobranchii (n. pl.) An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and pipefishes..
Tussocky :: Tussocky (a.) Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts..
Oo :: Oo (n.) A beautiful bird (Moho nobilis) of the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.
Kneebrush :: Kneebrush (n.) A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Kalasie :: Kalasie (n.) A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.
Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy tail..
Goldylocks :: Goldylocks (n.) A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup..
Tuz :: Tuz (n.) A lock or tuft of hair.
Egret :: Egret (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette..
Crinite :: Crinite (a.) Bearded or tufted with hairs.
Cocoa Palm :: Cocoa palm () A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree..
Puff-leg :: Puff-leg (n.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
Wad :: Wad (n.) A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow..
Chenille :: Chenille (n.) Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs..
Eared :: Eared (a.) Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.
Tuft :: Tuft (n.) 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..
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