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noun 
  1. A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
  2. A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
  3. A small clump of trees or bushes.
  4. (context, formerly) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
  5. A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: (t, nl, bosje, n), (t, nl, bomengroep, m)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, gold tassel)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, person wearing the tassel)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)
  • French: touffe
  • Italian: cespo , ciuffo
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: (italbrac, hair) mechón , nl(nl, feathers}} penacho , (t-)grass) manojo {{m
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, cluster of threads)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, clump of trees)
verb 
  1. (transitive) To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
  2. (transitive) To form into tufts.
  3. (transitive) To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
  4. (intransitive) To be formed into tufts.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: (t, nl, bundelen)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, secure with tufts)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, be formed into tufts)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)

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