Definition
| • | 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. |
| • | A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To separate into tufts. |
| • | To adorn with tufts or with a tuft. |
| • | To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts. |