From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stuff \Stuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stuffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stuffing}.] [OE. stoffen; cf. OF. estoffer, F. ['e]toffer,
to put stuff in, to stuff, to line, also, OF. estouffer to
stifle, F. ['e]touffer; both perhaps of Teutonic origin, and
akin to E. stop. Cf. {Stop}, v. t., {Stuff}, n.]
1. To fill by crowding something into; to cram with
something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.
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Sometimes this crook drew hazel bought adown,
And stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown.
--Gay.
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Lest the gods, for sin,
Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin.
--Dryden.
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2. To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
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Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing
them close together . . . and they retain smell and
color. --Bacon.
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3. To fill by being pressed or packed into.
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With inward arms the dire machine they load,
And iron bowels stuff the dark abode. --Dryden.
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4. (Cookery) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread,
meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
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5. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some
obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
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I'm stuffed, cousin; I can not smell. --Shak.
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6. To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a
specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.
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7. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
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An Eastern king put a judge to death for an
iniquitous sentence, and ordered his hide to be
stuffed into a cushion, and placed upon the
tribunal. --Swift.
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8. To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to
crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
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9. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stuffing \Stuff"ing\, n.
1. That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing
of a saddle or cushion.
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2. (Cookery) Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat;
especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices,
etc.; forcemeat; dressing.
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3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing
leather.
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{Stuffing box}, a device for rendering a joint impervious
where there is a hole through which a movable cylindrical
body, as the paston rod of a steam engine, or the plunger
of a pump, slides back and forth, or in which a shaft
turns. It usually consists of a box or chamber, made by an
enlargement of part of the hole, forming a space around
the rod or shaft for containing packing which is
compressed and made to fill the space closely by means of
a sleeve, called the gland, which fits loosely around the
rod, and is pressed upon the packing by bolts or other
means.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stuffing
n 1: a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and
vegetables [syn: {stuffing}, {dressing}]
2: padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered
furniture
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