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▪ I. stuffing, vbl. n.|ˈstʌfɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
1. a. The action of stuff v.1, or the result of this action; † the strengthening of an army or military position (obs.); filling or cramming with material; gorging, eating to repletion.
1533Bellenden Livy iv. i. (S.T.S.) II. 51 Þe Wolchis & equis brandisand in sa grete Ire for stuffing of verrigo aganis þame [L. ob communitam Verruginem]. Ibid. v. xvii. II. 206 Be stuffing of þe first batallis the myd batall was drawne furth thyn and waik. 1551–2Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI, c. 23 An Acte for the true stuffynge of Featherbeddes, Mattresses, and Quyssheons. 1581Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 377 For the tressonable stuffing and withhalding of certane houssis and strenthis aganis his Hienes. 1594Kyd Cornelia v. 122 To purchase fame to our posterities, By stuffing of our tropheies in their houses. 1712–13Swift Jrnl. to Stella 12 Mar., I cannot endure above one dish; nor ever could since I was a boy, and loved stuffing. 1820Scott Monast. ix, These cowled gentry, that think of nothing but quaffing and stuffing! 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 465 The supplementary stuffings at tuck shops are a fertile source of feeble health.
b. Obstruction of the throat, nose, or chest by catarrh; the sensation produced by this.
1601Holland Pliny xxvi. viii. II. 250 The same may bee taken..for the stuffing and other imperfections of the breast. 1618Latham 2nd Bk. Falconry xxix. 132 Of the Rye or stuffing in the Head. 1702Post Man 13–15 Jan. 2/2 Advt., In a Cough or Cold..where there is Pain, and stuffing in the Head. 1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xviii. 208 Blooded last night for cough and stuffing of chest.
c. The putting of fraudulent votes into a ballot-box. Also ballot stuffing. Cf. stuff v.1 8 d.
1976Birmingham Post 16 Dec. 2/9 Special see-through ballot boxes were used to show that no pre-vote ‘stuffing’ had taken place. 1977Time 3 Jan. 10/2 Apparently defeated in his first try for the state senate in 1962, he fought to prove ballot stuffing by the boss of Quitman County. 1979Internat. Jrnl. Sociol. of Law Feb. 71 In actual fact, during the civilian rule, they occasionally employed illegal means..and the stuffing or disappearance of ballot-boxes to help ruling party candidates.
2. a. The material with which a receptacle is stuffed or tightly filled.
1530Palsgr. 277/2 Stuffyng of a saddell, bourree. 1575–6Act 18 Eliz. c. 15 No Goldsmythe..shall..use..Sother Amell or other Stuffinges whatsoever..more then ys necessarie. 1628tr. Mathieu's Powerfull Favorite 103 Meate being denied to Drusus, hee had eaten the stuffings of his bed. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 47 a, There are two sorts of Stuffing; the one..with which we fill the hollow..between the two Shells, consisting of Mortar and broken..Stone. 1748Richardson Clarissa VI. 157 Four old turkey-worked chairs,..the stuffing staring out. 1823Scott Quentin D. xxxiv, In the stuffing of my saddle you will find a rich purse of gold pieces. 1842J. Aiton Dom. Econ. (1857) 166 A person with the scoop goes immediately before the one who puts in the stuffing [in a drain]. 1879G. B. Goode Catal. Anim. Resources U.S. 170 Preparation of curled hair for stuffings. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 532 Russian horse-hair which..had served as stuffing for an easy chair.
b. Cookery. Forcemeat or other seasoned mixture used to fill the body of a fowl, a hollow in a joint of meat, etc., before cooking.
1538Elyot Dict., Fartile, stuffynge, or that wherewith any foule is crammed or franked. 1598Epulario H j b, If you can deuise a better stuffing, you may: then fry them in oyle. 1675H. Woolley Gentlew. Comp. 134 Make a farsing or stuffing of all manner of sweet Herbs minced very small. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. 192 The Leaves of this Plant are very good both in Pottage and in Stuffings. 1846A. Soyer Cookery 129 Fill the belly of the fish with stuffing. 1887Spons' Househ. Man. 460 Sauces, Butters, Gravies, Stuffings, &c.
†c. fig. (e.g. literary ‘padding’). Obs.
1550Bale Engl. Votaries ii. (1551) 36 Muche good stuffynge is in thys bulle, whan it iudgeth marryage a fornycacyon. 1601B. Jonson Poetaster v. i. 16 Hollow statues, which the best men are, Without Promethean stuffings reacht from heauen! 1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. 41 Men whose learning and beleif lies in marginal stuffings. 1804Ann. Rev. II. 68/1 The doctor relates such daily occurrences, as would be esteemed too dull and unimportant for what is technically called, stuffing, in a garrison gazette.
d. to knock, beat, take the stuffing out of (an animal, person, etc.): to reduce to a state of weakness or flabbiness, take the strength or conceit out of. colloq.
1887F. Francis Jun. Saddle & Mocassin 123 Get up!—get up, or I'll beat the stuffing out of you! 1895Westm. Gaz. 19 July 7/1 We will knock the stuffing out of the parties during the next ten years. 1906‘L. Malet’ Far Horizon v. 49 There is nothing to compare with a mésalliance for taking the stuffing out of anyone.
e. to put stuffing into: to add strength or substance to. colloq.
1938[see page v.1 c]. 1977P. Harcourt At High Risk iii. v. 179 The whisky and wine I had drunk weren't making me rash..but they were putting some needed stuffing into me. 1979J. Sherwood Hour of Hyenas iv. 44 She really puts the stuffing back into these women. Some of them even learn to cope with their dreadful husbands.
3. Leather-manuf. The process of rubbing with a mixture of fish-oil and tallow; the mixture used for this.
1851–4Tomlinson Cycl. Usef. Arts II. 35/2 When the skin is thoroughly cleansed,..the process of stuffing or dubbing..is performed. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 386/2 A stuffing, or dubbing, of cod oil and tallow is rubbed into both sides of the skin.
4. attrib. and Comb. as stuffing cloth, stuffing work; stuffing-box Machinery, a chamber packed with fluid-tight elastic material, through which a piston-rod or shaft is made to pass in order to prevent leakage at the orifice through which it leaves or enters a vessel; similarly stuffing-gland, stuffing ring; stuffing drum = stuffing wheel; † stuffing stick (see quot.); stuffing wheel, a revolving hollow drum in which leather is subjected to ‘stuffing’.
1798Repert. Arts & Manuf. (1799) X. 290 C, shews the *stuffing-box, through which the spindle must come, to work the chains. 1881F. Campin Mech. Engin. 115 The joint is made steam-tight by enclosing the extremity of the steam-pipe in a stuffing-box.
1522in Archæologia XXV. 462 Item pd for *stuffyng clothe for the plyts [of a gown], xj d.
1897C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 221 Freeman's *Stuffing Drum.
1885Lock Workshop Rec. Ser. iv. 102/1 The plunger is of stone-ware, accurately ground to fit the *stuffing-gland.
1797J. Curr Coal Viewer 59 Pistons..should be ½ or 3/16 less than the cylinder, the *stuffing ring stands 4 inches from the side.
1688Holme Armory iii. v. 273/1 The *Stuffing Stick..is.. made of tough Wood or Iron, being a little bent at the end, with a nick in it; by the help whereof, all parts of the seat of a Cushion, Chair, or Stool, are equally filled.
1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 389/1 The currier's *stuffing wheel.
1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 55 a, Pumice Stone..is..the properest..for the *stuffing work of Vaults.
▸ Brit. Sport colloq. A comprehensive defeat. Also occas. as a mass noun.
1980Times 27 Dec. 16/6 The Luton manager, and one of Chelsea's biggest critics over recent years, said with relish: ‘They really deserve stuffing.’ 1987Times 31 Jan. 46/2 Ball has spiced things up by saying he thinks we're rubbish and that they gave us a stuffing here last time and he's entitled to his opinion. 1989Guardian (Nexis) 12 Aug. The reality, of course, is still that once more England are on the wrong end of a stuffing, as the Australian machine rolls relentlessly on. 2002D. Bassett Settling Score x. 176 We dumped Luton out of the FA Cup with a 4-0 stuffing.
▪ II. ˈstuffing, ppl. a.
[f. stuff v.1 + -ing2.]
In obs. sense: That stuffs or clogs the organs of breathing; that produces a sense of obstruction; oppressive to the head or lungs.
1579–80North Plutarch, Sertorius (1595) 631 When they should draw their breathes, this stuffing ayre and dust came in at their mouthes so fast, that they had much a do to hold out two dayes. 1653Culpepper Engl. Physic. enlarged (1656) 98 The scent of the whole Plant [sc. Featherfew] is very strong, and stuffing. 1727[Dorrington] Philip Quarll 19 Stale roasted Roots, which eat much pleasanter than the fresh, and are less stuffing. |