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turf

TURF, n.

1. 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. This is otherwise called sward and sod.

2. Peat; a peculiar kind of blackish, fibrous, vegetable, earthy substance, used as fuel. [Dryden and Addison wrote turfs, in the plural. But when turf or peat is cut into small pieces, the practice now is to call them turves.]

3. Race-ground; or horse-racing.

The honors of the turf are all our own.

TURF, v.t. To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank or the border of a terrace.



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TURF, n.

1. 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. This is otherwise called sward and sod.

2. Peat; a peculiar kind of blackish, fibrous, vegetable, earthy substance, used as fuel. [Dryden and Addison wrote turfs, in the plural. But when turf or peat is cut into small pieces, the practice now is to call them turves.]

3. Race-ground; or horse-racing.

The honors of the turf are all our own.

TURF, v.t. To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank or the border of a terrace.


TURF, n. [Sax. tyrf; D. turf; G. and Sw. torf; Fr. tourbe; Ir. tarp, a clod. The word seems to signify a collection, a mass, or perhaps an excrescence.]

  1. 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. This is otherwise called sward and sod.
  2. Peat; a peculiar kind of blackish, fibrous, vegetable, earthy substance, used as fuel. [Dryden and Addison wrote turfs, in the plural. But when turf or peat is cut into small pieces, the practice now is to call them turves.]
  3. Race ground; or horse-racing. The honors of the turf are all our own. Cowper.

TURF, v.t.

To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank or the border of a terrace.


Turf
  1. 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.

    At his head a grass-green turf. Shak.

    The Greek historian sets her in the field on a high heap of turves. Milton.

  2. To cover with turf or sod] as, to turf a bank, of the border of a terrace.

    A. Tucker.
  3. Peat, especially when prepared for fuel. See Peat.
  4. Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the.

    "We . . . claim the honors of the turf." Cowper.

    * Turf is often used adjectively, or to form compounds which are generally self-explaining; as, turf ashes, turf cutter or turf-cutter, turf pit or turf-pit, turf-built, turf-clad, turf-covered, etc.

    Turf ant (Zoöl.), a small European ant (Formica flava) which makes small ant-hills on heaths and commons. -- Turf drain, a drain made with turf or peat. -- Turf hedge, a hedge or fence formed with turf and plants of different kinds. -- Turf house, a house or shed formed of turf, common in the northern parts of Europe. -- Turf moss a tract of turfy, mossy, or boggy land. -- Turf spade, a spade for cutting and digging turf, longer and narrower than the common spade.

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Turf

TURF, noun

1. 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. This is otherwise called sward and sod.

2. Peat; a peculiar kind of blackish, fibrous, vegetable, earthy substance, used as fuel. [Dryden and Addison wrote turfs, in the plural. But when turf or peat is cut into small pieces, the practice now is to call them turves.]

3. Race-ground; or horse-racing.

The honors of the turf are all our own.

TURF, verb transitive To cover with turf or sod; as, to turf a bank or the border of a terrace.

TURF'-COVERED, adjective Covered with turf

TURF'-DRAIN, noun A drain filled with turf or peat.

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