Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tufted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tuft \Tuft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tufted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tufting}.]
1. To separate into tufts.
2. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft. --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tufted \Tuft"ed\, a.
1. Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck.
2. Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.
The tufted crowtoe, and pale jessamine. --Milton.
Tufted trees and springing corn. --Pope.
{Tufted duck} (Zo["o]l.), the ring-necked duck. [Local, U.
S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tufted
adj 1: (of plants) growing in dense clumps or tufts [syn: {caespitose},
{cespitose}]
2: having or adorned with tufts; "a tufted bedspread"
3: (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or
process on the head; often used in combination; "golden
crested"; "crested iris"; "crested oriole"; "tufted duck";
"tufted loosestrife" [syn: {crested}, {topknotted}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.