Definition of tuft

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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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Cirrous :: Cirrous (a.) Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.
Pean :: Pean (n.) One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or..
Seabeard :: Seabeard (n.) A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.
Cowlick :: Cowlick (n.) A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow..
Zati :: Zati (n.) A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs on the back of the head. Called also capped macaque..
Cacoxenite :: Cacoxenite (n.) A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
Tufting :: Tufting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tuf.
Aigrette :: Aigrette (n.) A tuft like that of the egret.
Fetlock :: Fetlock (n.) The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair..
Byssus :: Byssus (n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc..
Tufty :: Tufty (a.) Growing in tufts or clusters.
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..
Floccose :: Floccose (n.) Spotted with small tufts like wool.
Chinchilla :: Chinchilla (n.) A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth..
Wad :: Wad (n.) A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow..
Scopiferous :: Scopiferous (a.) Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.
Tussock :: Tussock (n.) A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge..
Guereza :: Guereza (n.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white..
Flocculate :: Flocculate (a.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects..
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