Stuff

stuf, n. materials of which anything is made: that which fills anything: e ence, elemental part: textile fabrics, cloth, esp. when woollen: something trifling, worthle , or contemptible: a melted ma of turpentine, tallow, . used for paying masts, planks, .: a medicinal mixture: boards for building: ( slang ) money: worthle matter: po e ions generally, esp. household furniture, .— v.t. to fill by crowding: to fill very full: to pre in: to crowd: to cram, as with nonsense or lies: to obstruct: to cause to bulge out by filling: to fill with seasoning, as a fowl: to fill the skin of a dead animal, so as to reproduce its living form.— v.i. to feed gluttonously: to practise taxidermy.— ns. Stuff′er , one who stuffs, esp. the skins of animals; Stuff′-gown , a gown of stuff, not silk, esp. that of a junior barrister; Stuff′ing , that which is used to stuff or fill anything—straw, sawdust, feathers, hair, .: relishing ingredients put into meat, poultry, . in cooking; Stuff′ing-box , a contrivance for keeping a piston-rod, ., air-tight or water-tight by means of closely-fitting packing, while allowing it free motion. [O. Fr. estoffe (Fr. étoffe )—L. stuppa , tow.]