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Tuf [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A stone or porous substance formed by depositions from springs or rivulets, containing much earthy matter in solution. Tufa is also formed by the concretion of loose volcanic dust or cinders, cemented by water, or by the consolidation of mud thrown out of volcanoes. The disintegration and subsequent consolidation of basaltic rocks, forms a kind of tufa, called by the German geologists, trap-tuff.

Tuf-taffeta [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A villous kind of silk. [Not in use.]

Tuf-taffeta [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile.

Tufa [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. TU'FA

2. TUFA'CEOUS, adjective Pertaining to tufa; consisting of tufa or resembling it.

Tufa Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa.

2. A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria.

Tufaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa.

Tuff [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Tufa.

Tuffoon [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A violent tempest or tornado with thunder and lightning, frequent in the Chinese sea and the gulf of Tonquin.

Tuffoon [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Typhoon.

Tuft [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A collection of small things in a knot or bunch; as a tuft of flowers; a tuft of feathers; a tuft of grass or hair. A tuft of feathers forms the crest of a bird..

2. A cluster, a clump; as a tuft of trees; a tuft of olives.

3. In botany, a head of flowers, each elevated on a partial stalk, and all forming together a dense roundish mass. The word is sometimes applied to other collections, as little bundles of leaves, hairs and the like.

Tuft [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To separate into tufts.

2. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft

Tuft [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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.

Tuft [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.

Tuft [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To separate into tufts.

2. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.

Tufted [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

or adjective Adorned with a tuft, as the tufted duck; growing in a tuft or clusters, as a tufted grove.

Tufted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck.

2. Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.

Tufted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Tuft

Tufthunter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3.

Tufthunting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities.

Tufting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Tuft

Tufty [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Abounding with tufts; growing in clusters; bushy.

Tufty [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Abounding with tufts.

2. Growing in tufts or clusters.