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CROFT

Volume 5 · 48 words · 1797 Edition

a little close adjoining to a dwelling-house, and inclosed for pasture or arable land, or any other purpose.β€”In some ancient deeds, crofta occurs as the Latin word for a "croft;" but cum tofitis & croftis is more frequent. Croft is translated in Abbo Florentiensis, by praedium a "farm."