Tuft — Defs

01 n. 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.

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.
“Under a tuft of shade.” — Milton.

“Green lake, and cedar fuft, and spicy glade.” — Keble.
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.[Cant, Eng.]
“Several young tufts, and others of the faster men.” — T. Hughes.

02 v. t. To separate into tufts.

imp. & p. p. Tufted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tufting

1.
To separate into tufts.
2.
To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.

03 v. i. To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.

1.
To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.