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- Turf - n. - That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod.
- Turf - n. - Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.
- Turf - n. - Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the.
- Turf - v. t. - To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace.
- Turfed - imp. & p. p. - of Turf
- Turfen - a. - Made of turf; covered with turf.
- Turfiness - n. - Quality or state of being turfy.
- Turfing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Turf
- Turfing - n. - The act or process of providing or covering with turf.
- Turfite - n. - A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg.
- Turfless - a. - Destitute of turf.
- Turfman - n. - A turfite; a votary of the turf, or race course.
- Turfmen - pl. - of Turfman
- Turfs - pl. - of Turf
- Turfy - superl. - Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf.
- Turfy - superl. - Having the nature or appearance of turf.
- Turfy - superl. - Of or pertaining to the turf, or horse racing.
- 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.
- 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.
- Turbary - n. - A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.
- Divot - n. - A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel.
- 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.
- Turf - v. t. - To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace.
- Dike - n. - A wall of turf or stone.
- Quadrel - n. - A square piece of turf or peat.
- Hag - n. - A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
- Vell - n. - To cut the turf from, as for burning.
- Down-share - n. - A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs.