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   Stuff , n. [OF. estoffe, F. étoffe; of uncertain origin, perhaps of Teutonic origin and akin to E. stop, v.t. Cf. Stuff, v. t.]
   Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.
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   For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
   Ex. xxxvi. 7.
   
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   Ambitions should be made of sterner stuff.
   Shak.
   
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   The workman on his stuff his skill doth show,
   And yet the stuff gives not the man his skill.
   Sir J. Davies.
   
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   The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.
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   Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscience
   To do no contrived murder.
   Shak.
   
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   Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.
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   What stuff wilt have a kirtle of?
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   It [the arras] was of stuff and silk mixed, though, superior kinds were of silk exclusively.
   F. G. Lee.
   
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   Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
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   He took away locks, and gave away the king's stuff.
   Hayward.
   
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   A medicine or mixture; a potion.
   Shak.
   
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   Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
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   Anger would indite
   Such woeful stuff as I or Shadwell write.
   Dryden.
   
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   (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.
   
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   Paper stock ground ready for use.
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   ☞ When partly ground, called half stuff.
   Knight.
   
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   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.
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   Stuff, 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.]
   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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   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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   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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   (Cookery) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
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   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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   To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.
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   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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   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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   To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.]
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   Stuff , v. i. To feed gluttonously; to cram.
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   Taught harmless man to cram and stuff.
   Swift.
   
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