n. [ Prov. E. tuff, F. touffe; of German origin; cf. G. zopf a weft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree. See Top summit. ]
Under a tuft of shade. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Green lake, and cedar fuft, and spicy glade. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
Several young tufts, and others of the faster men. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a.
The tufted crowtoe, and pale jessamine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tufted trees and springing corn. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tufted duck (Zool.),
n. A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3. [ Cant, Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities. [ Cant, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Both in the tufty frith and in the mossy fell. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Where tufty daisies nod at every gale. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]