Definition of turf

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Turf (n.) Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the.

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Dike :: Dike (n.) A wall of turf or stone.
Cespitous :: Cespitous (a.) Pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy..
Swarded :: Sward (n.) The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf.
Down :: Down (prep.) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural..
Becket :: Becket (n.) A spade for digging turf.
Average :: Average (n.) That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc..
Soddy :: Soddy (a.) Consisting of sod; covered with sod; turfy.
Turfed :: Turfed (imp. & p. p.) of Tur.
Peat :: Peat (n.) A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel..
Turfs :: Turfs (pl. ) of Tur.
Turf :: Turf (n.) That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod..
Breastplough :: Breastplough (n.) A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf..
Hag :: Hag (n.) A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
Turfless :: Turfless (a.) Destitute of turf.
Turfing :: Turfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tur.
Turfite :: Turfite (n.) A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg..
Turfmen :: Turfmen (pl. ) of Turfma.
Sport :: Sport (v. i.) To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races..
Thirdings :: Thirdings (n. pl.) The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire..
Vell :: Vell (n.) To cut the turf from, as for burning..
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