An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.
A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
A small clump of trees or bushes.
A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
To form into tufts.
To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts. This hinders the stuffing from moving.
To be formed into tufts.
To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.