TUFT

vt to separate into tufts.

2. tuft ·vt to adorn with tufts or with a tuft.

3. tuft ·vi to grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.

4. tuft ·noun a cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.

5. tuft ·noun 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.

6. tuft ·noun 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.