tuft (2), toft

[Icel. topt, tupt, toft, tuft, tomt = a green tuft or knoll, from tomt, neut. of tomr = empty; hence, a clearing; Sw. tomt, neut. of tom = empty.] [Тоом.] A knoll, a plantation. "A toure on a toft."-Piers Plowman, B. 14. (Prol.) *tŭft, v. t. & i. [TUFT (1), s.] IMG:content-1532.png:[blocks in formation] Ornith.: The genus Lophortyx (q. v.). tufted-umber, s. [UMBER.]