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- English Word Tucking Definition of Tuck
- English Word Tucum Definition A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber.
- English Word Tucuma Definition A Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum Tucuma) which furnishes an edible fruit.
- English Word Tudor Definition Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth.
- English Word Tue Definition The parson bird.
- English Word Tue-iron Definition See Tuyere.
- English Word Tue-irons Definition A pair of blacksmith's tongs.
- English Word Tuefall Definition See To-fall.
- English Word Tuesday Definition The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday.
- English Word Tuet Definition The lapwing.
- English Word Tuf-taffeta Definition A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile.
- English Word Tufa Definition A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa.
- English Word Tufa Definition A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria.
- English Word Tufaceous Definition Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa.
- English Word Tuff Definition Same as Tufa.
- English Word Tuffoon Definition See Typhoon.
- English Word Tuft 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.
- English Word Tuft Definition A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants.
- English Word Tuft Definition 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.
- English Word Tuft Definition To separate into tufts.
- English Word Tuft Definition To adorn with tufts or with a tuft.
- English Word Tuft Definition To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts.
- English Word Tufted Definition of Tuft
- English Word Tufted Definition Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck.
- English Word Tufted Definition Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.
- English Word Tufthunter Definition A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3.
- English Word Tufthunting Definition The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities.
- English Word Tufting Definition of Tuft
- English Word Tufty Definition Abounding with tufts.
- English Word Tufty Definition Growing in tufts or clusters.