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Turf [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Covered with turf

Turf [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. 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. This is otherwise called sward and sod.

2. Peat; a peculiar kind of blackish, fibrous, vegetable, earthy substance, used as fuel. [Dryden and Addison wrote turfs, in the plural. But when turf or peat is cut into small pieces, the practice now is to call them turves.]

3. Race-ground; or horse-racing.

4. The honors of the turf are all our own.

5. A drain filled with turf or peat.

Turf [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank or the border of a terrace.

Turf [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.

3. Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the.

Turf [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace.

Turfed [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A hedge or fence formed with turf and plants of different kinds.

2. A house or shed formed of turf, common in the northern parts of Europe.

Turfed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Covered with turf or green sod.

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

of Turf

Turfen [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Made of turf; covered with turf.

Turfiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The state of abounding with turf, or of having the consistence or qualities of turf.

Turfiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Quality or state of being turfy.

Turfing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The operation of laying down turf, or covering with turf.

Turfing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Covering with turf.

Turfing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act or process of providing or covering with turf.

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

of Turf

Turfing-iron [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

An implement for paring off turf.

Turfing-spade [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An instrument for under-cutting turf, when marked out by the plow.

2. A tract of turfy, mossy, or boggy land.

3. A spade for cutting and digging turf, longer and narrower than the common spade.

Turfite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg.

Turfless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Destitute of turf.

Turfman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course.

Turfmen [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Turfman

Turfs [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Turf

Turfy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Abounding with turf.

2. Having the qualities of turf.

Turfy [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf.

2. Having the nature or appearance of turf.

3. Of or pertaining to the turf, or horse racing.