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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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   Stuffing, n.
   That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion.
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   (Cookery) Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.
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   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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