Definition of turf

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Turf (n.) Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat..

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Peat :: Peat (n.) A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel..
Turfy :: Turfy (superl.) Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf..
Turf :: Turf (v. t.) To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace..
Turfless :: Turfless (a.) Destitute of turf.
Turfman :: Turfman (n.) A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course..
Parterre :: Parterre (n.) An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on..
Turfy :: Turfy (superl.) Of or pertaining to the turf, or horse racing..
Turfite :: Turfite (n.) A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg..
Turfing :: Turfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tur.
Hag :: Hag (n.) A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
Sod :: Sod (n.) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward..
Turves :: Turves () pl. of Turf.
Breastplough :: Breastplough (n.) A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf..
Down :: Down (prep.) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural..
Turfed :: Turfed (imp. & p. p.) of Tur.
Turbinaceous :: Turbinaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy..
Thirdings :: Thirdings (n. pl.) The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire..
Soddy :: Soddy (a.) Consisting of sod; covered with sod; turfy.
Scraw :: Scraw (n.) A turf.
Clod :: Clod (n.) A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay..
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