Tuft

n.	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. Several young tufts, and others of the faster men. - T. Hughes.
v. t.	1.	To separate into tufts. [imp. & p. p. Tufted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tufting.]
	2.	To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.
v. i.	1.	To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.

Noun	1.	tuft - a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass Synonyms: tussock
	2.	tuft - a bunch of feathers or hair

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