TURF

Thfl surface of gra lands, of a smooth and uniform texture, covered with pasture gra . The term is also sometimes applied to peat cut out of bog. See Pkat. TURKKV RK1). A line and durable red dyed upon calico and woollen cloth; the colouring matter used in us production is madder, but the proce for producing it in perfection is tedious and complicated. (See Bancroft on Permanent Colours.) [s. 1293]