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Slabs of peat
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turfs
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Turf \Turf\ (t[^u]rf), n.; pl. Turfs , Obs. Turves . [AS. turf; akin to D. turf peat, G. torf, OHG. zurba turf, Sw. & Icel. torf turf, peat, Dan. t["o]rv, Skr. darbha a kind of grass, a tuft of grass. [root]242.] That upper stratum of earth and vegetable ...
Usage examples of turfs.
By making contact with the scattered clans whose turfs lay to the south of his station Izo hoped to establish with some precision where the 'arrowheads' had gone after passing over Benton Har-bout.
Here velvet turfs were planted in mosslike clusters around hillocks of stonegrass, and here the mounts had followed as the trail led upward toward the Ruby Highlands.
There are areas and aisles of low turfs which smolder but do not burn.
The outer gate was open, and a cart of turfs was being dragged in by a couple of peasants.
She placed the turfs about the charred hulk who had been the greatest and best of wizards.