Toft noun². [tɒft] L19.
[Staffordshire family name.]
In full Toft ware etc. (A style of) lead-glazed slip-ware made in Staffordshire in the late 17th cent. by the Toft family, esp. Thomas Toft (d. 1689).

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toft noun¹. [tɒft] OE.
[from Old Norse topt.]
1. A homestead, the site of a house and its outbuildings. Freq. in toft and croft, an entire holding, consisting of the homestead and attached plot of arable land. OE.

2. An entire homestead and croft; a field or piece of land larger than the site of a house. LME.

3. A knoll or hillock in a flat region, esp. one suitable for the site of a house or tower. Now local. LME.

Comb.:
toftman the owner or occupier of a toft; toftstead = sense 1 above.

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