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Webster 1913 Edition
Toft
Toft
,Noun.
[OE.
toft
a knoll; akin to LG. toft
a field hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt
a green knoll, grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft
.] 1.
A knoll or hill.
[Obs.]
“A tower on a toft.” Piers Plowman.
2.
A grove of trees; also, a plain.
[Prov. Eng.]
3.
(O. Eng. Law)
A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.
Webster 1828 Edition
Toft
TOFT
,Noun.
1.
A grove of trees.2.
In law books, a place where a messuage has stood, but is decayed.