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n. [ G. kalk (l. calx) lime + E. tufa. ] See under Calcite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the Iberis umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia (The Italian name for Crete). It is grown as an ornamental plant, having tufted red, violet, purple, or pink flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A material used for dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Estufas [ Sp., a stove, a warm room. Cf. Stove. ] An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians. L. H. Morgan. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Bot.) The Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Timber sawn into lengths and then split. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ It. stufa a stove. See Stove. ] A jet of steam issuing from a fissure in the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. estoffe, F. étoffe; of uncertain origin, perhaps of Teutonic origin and akin to E. stop, v.t. Cf. Stuff, v. t. ] 1. Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. Ex. xxxvi. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ambitions should be made of sterner stuff. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The workman on his stuff his skill doth show,
And yet the stuff gives not the man his skill. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscience
To do no contrived murder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber. [ 1913 Webster ]

What stuff wilt have a kirtle of? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ the arras ] was of stuff and silk mixed, though, superior kinds were of silk exclusively. F. G. Lee. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils. [ 1913 Webster ]

He took away locks, and gave away the king's stuff. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A medicine or mixture; a potion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anger would indite
Such woeful stuff as I or Shadwell write. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Naut.) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Paper stock ground ready for use. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When partly ground, called half stuff. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clear stuff. See under Clear. --
Small stuff (Naut.), all kinds of small cordage. Ham. Nav. Encyc. --
Stuff gown, the distinctive garb of a junior barrister; hence, a junior barrister himself. See Silk gown, under Silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stuffed p. pr. & vb. n. Stuffing. ] [ OE. stoffen; cf. OF. estoffer, F. étoffer, to put stuff in, to stuff, to line, also, OF. estouffer to stifle, F. étouffer; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes this crook drew hazel bought adown,
And stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest the gods, for sin,
Should with a swelling dropsy stuff thy skin. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack. [ 1913 Webster ]

Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing them close together . . . and they retain smell and color. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fill by being pressed or packed into. [ 1913 Webster ]

With inward arms the dire machine they load,
And iron bowels stuff the dark abode. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Cookery) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'm stuffed, cousin; I can not smell. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To feed gluttonously; to cram. [ 1913 Webster ]

Taught harmless man to cram and stuff. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, stuffs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being stuffy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ill-ventilated; close. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. tartufe. ] A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ It. fufo soft, sandy stone, L. tofus, tophus. Cf. Tofus, Toph, and Tophin. ] (Min.) (a) A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa. (b) A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. It. tufaceo, L. tofaceus, tofacius. See Tufa. ] (Min.) Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Same as Tufa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Typhoon. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow in, or form, a tuft or tufts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tufted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tufting. ] 1. To separate into tufts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. tuff, F. touffe; of German origin; cf. G. zopf a weft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree. See Top summit. ] 1. A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under a tuft of shade. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Green lake, and cedar fuft, and spicy glade. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A nobleman, or person of quality, especially in the English universities; -- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them. [ Cant, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Several young tufts, and others of the faster men. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A silk fabric formerly in use, having a nap or pile. [ Written also tuft-taffeta. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tufted crowtoe, and pale jessamine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tufted trees and springing corn. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tufted duck (Zool.), the ring-necked duck. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3. [ Cant, Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities. [ Cant, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]