Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tufted \Tuft"ed\, a.
   1. Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck.

   2. Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.

            The tufted crowtoe, and pale jessamine. --Milton.

            Tufted trees and springing corn.      --Pope.

   {Tufted duck} (Zo["o]l.), the ring-necked duck. [Local, U.
      S.]