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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Sometimes this crook drew hazel bought adown, And
stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown. --Gay.
Lest the gods, for sin, Should with a swelling
dropsy stuff thy skin. --Dryden.
2. To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing
them close together . . . and they retain smell and
color. --Bacon.
3. To fill by being pressed or packed into
With inward arms the dire machine they load, And
iron bowels stuff the dark abode. --Dryden.
4. (Cookery) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread,
meat, condiments, etc.; as to stuff a turkey.
5. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some
obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
I'm stuffed, cousin; I can not smell. --Shak.
6. To fill the skin of for the purpose of preserving as a
specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.
7. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
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.
8. To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of sometimes to
crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
9. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
stuffed
adj 1: filled with something "a stuffed turkey"
2: (informal) crammed with food; "a full stomach"; "I feel
stuffed"
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