2. Verb. (third-person singular of turf) ¹
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Definition of Turfs
1. turf [n] - See also: turf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turfs
Literary usage of Turfs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"These turfs are first set on edge and partially dried, after which they are
collected into heaps, and burned, or rather charred The ashes are immediately ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"I cannot cat stones and turfs, say. "What, will he dem nie and my followers î
Ask him an he will ..."
3. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"Though thi« rude dim i' Ik' Cl0*c/k presume, In his desires more than his strength
ran justify. As a verb active. I cannot cat it once and turfs, »ay. ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"II. JOM. b'cery Jl,,a oat if II., iii, As a verb active. I cannot eat stones and
turfs .... turfs ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... who cast turfs or divots, Mearns. In Ane. it U called a pelting-poet, ie, a
poet or bag for guarding the thighs from the stroke given by the spade. ..."
6. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1735)
"... the Sets and turfs as high as their Tops, always leaving the Middle, ...
there remain at leaft eighteen Inches on each S.<L- where the turfs were iet on ..."
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