TOFT, noun [probably from the root of tuft.] 1. A grove of trees. 2. In law books, a place where a messuage has stood, but is decayed.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
TOFT, noun [probably from the root of tuft.] 1. A grove of trees. 2. In law books, a place where a messuage has stood, but is decayed.
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