Stuff

stuf, n. Material to be worked up in any pro- ce of manufacture woven material cloth not made into garments; a textile fabric made entirely of worsted; refuse or worthle matter; foolish or irrational language; nonsense. — v. [stuffed (stuft), stuffing.] To by crowding, load to exce ; to thrust, crowd, pre ; to by being put into; to with seasoning; to obstruct, as any of the organs; to the skin of (animals) for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; to form or fashion by stuffing; to crowd with facts, cram the mind of. — v. To feed gluttonously. [OF. estoffe, It. stoffa, G. stof, stuff, matter, L. stupa, flax, oakum, tow, etc. (for stuffing things), OF. estoff'er, to stuff, make with stuff, G. stop/en, to stuff, quilt, LL. stupare, to stop up with tow, etc., cram, OF. estouffer, to choke, stop the breath; perh. Gr. tuphos, smoke, mist, cloud, Sp. tufo, warm vapor from the earth, E. stufa, q. v.] — Stuffy, a. An-— gry and obstinate sulky ill-ventilated close. Stuffine , n. — Stuffing, n. That which is use for filling anything; seasoning for me at.- box, n, An arrangement for rendering a joint tight where a movable rod pa es into a ve el of some kind, as the cylinder of a steam-engine.