Definition of Tuftings

1. tufting [n] - See also: tufting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuftings

tufted gentian
tufted pansy
tufted phalanx
tufted puffin
tufted titmouse
tufted vetch
tufter
tufters
tufthunter
tufthunters
tufthunting
tuftier
tuftiest
tuftily
tufting
tuftings (current term)
tuftless
tufts
tuftsin
tufty
tug-boat
tug-of-war
tug boat
tug of love
tug of war
tugan
tugarinovite
tugboat
tugboats

Literary usage of Tuftings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... in some degree, from its tuftings, which break and enrich the lights ; but chiefly from its contrast with the plain, and from the grand shapes and forms ..."

2. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of by Robert Chambers (1844)
"The tuftings of the trees, the recesses among them, and the lighter foliage hanging over the darker, may all have an effect under a meridian sun. ..."

3. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1849)
"The tuftings of the trees, the recesses among them, and the lighter foliage hanging over the darker, may all have an effect under a meridian sun. ..."

4. A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose by Charles Mackay (1872)
"The tuftings of the trees, the recesses among them, and the lighter foliage hanging over the darker, may all have an effect under a meridian sun. ..."

5. Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1847)
"The tuftings of the trees, the recesses among them, and the lighter foliage hanging over the darker, may all hare an effect under a meridian sun. ..."

6. Columbian Fourth Reader by Thomas Rhys Vickroy (1894)
"The tuftings of the ... A strong sunshine striking a wood through some fortunate chasm and reposing on the tuftings of a clump just removed from the eye and ..."

7. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1899)
"The abdominal tuftings at the base are also dark. The primaries have a reddish shade over the costal region extending to the tip. ..."

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