TURF  , the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top or See also:

• SURFACE

surface of See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth when covered with grass, forming a coherent See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of See also:

• MOULD

mould or See also:

• SOIL

soil in which the roots of See also:

• GRASSES

grasses and other See also:

• PLANTS

plants are embedded . This is capable of being cut out in solid See also:

• MAT (O. Eng. meatt, from late Lat. mattes, whence Ital. mallet, Ger. and Dan. matte, Du. mat, &c.)

mat-like blocks, known by the same name . Similarly " See also:

• PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

peat " (q.v.) when cut in pieces for See also:

• FUEL (O. Fr. feuaile, popular Lat. focalia, from focus, hearth, fire)

fuel or other purposes is also styled " turf." The See also:

• TERM

term is applied widely to any stretch or sward of trimmed grass-See also:

• LAND

land, and thus by See also:

• METONYMY (Gr. µerwvvµia, change of name, from µEra denoting change, and avo.ia, name)

metonymy, to See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-racing and all connected with it,from the owning and See also:

• RUNNING

running of See also:

• RACE

race-horses to betting . The word " turf " is See also:

• COMMON

common to See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf . Du. turf, Ger . Torf, See also:

• DAN

Dan . Mrs, &c . It has been connected with Skt. darbha, grass, so called from being matted or See also:

• TWISTED

twisted together, darbh, to See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind . The Teutonic word was adapted in Med . See also:

• LAT

Lat., as turba (cf . Fr. tourbe, Ital. torba), whence was formed turbaria, turbary, the right of digging and cutting turf in common with the owner of the land .