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English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : variant of Tuft.
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v. i.
To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
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A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
v. t.
To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.
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Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts.
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Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches.
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Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.
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To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
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To separate into tufts.
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An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.
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A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.
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A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
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Growing in tufts or clusters.
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One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
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Abounding with tufts.
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A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.
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Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species.
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Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.
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A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.