Tuft

·vt To separate into tufts.

II. Tuft ·vt To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.

III. Tuft ·vi To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.

IV. Tuft ·noun A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.

V. 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.

VI. 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.