Tuft has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | A tuft of hair showed from underneath her cap. | |
| 2. | So wailed Creusa, and in wild despair / filled all the palace with her sobs and cries, / when lo! a portent, wondrous to declare. / For while, 'twixt sorrowing parents' hands and eyes, / stood young Iulus, wildered with surprise, / up from the summit of his fair, young head / a tuft was seen of flickering flame to rise. / Gently and harmless to the touch it spread / around his tender brows, and on his temples fed. |