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Definition: Toft
Toft
\Toft\, n. [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.
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2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. (O. Eng. Law) A place where a messuage has once stood; the
site of a burnt or decayed house.
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