toft

toft is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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