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To speak; to utter. "Such stuff as madmen tongue." Shak.

To fill; to stuff; to cram. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

A name given to any one of a series of orange-red dyestuffs produced artificially from certain complex sulphonic acid derivatives of azo and diazo hydrocarbons of the aromatic series; -- so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropæolum).

Provided or cooked with truffles; stuffed with truffles; as, a truffled turkey.

the end, in which the end of the connecting rod is pivoted. The piston rod, crosshead and stuffing box are thus dispensed with.

To fill underneath; to stuff. [Obs.] He drank and well his girdle underpight. Chaucer.

Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room. Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. Shak. Being of those virtues vacant. Shak. There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair. Longfellow.

nies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; -- called also veinstuff.

A trade name for a brown dyestuff obtained from certain basic azo compounds of benzene; -- called also Bismarck brown, Manchester brown, etc.

A dyestuff of the induline group, made from aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color.

To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak.

Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.

ashing clothes. -- Washing soda. (Chem.) See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium. -- Washing stuff, any earthy deposit containing gold enough to pay for washing it; -- so called among gold miners.

To bear heavily; to press hard. Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart. Shak.

Something; thing; stuff. [Obs.] And gave him for to feed, Such homely what as serves the simple Spenser.

To secure the end of (a rope, or the like) from untwisting by overcasting it with small stuff.

A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing. Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry figures. Milton. Wild woad (Bot.), the weld (Reseda luteola). See Weld. -…

Wretched; paltry; miserable; poor. What woeful stuff this madrigal would be! Pope.

A glucoside extracted from Persian berries as a yellow crystalline powder, used as a dyestuff.