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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.

An acetate containing an excess of the basic constituent.

A carbonate containing an excess of the basic constituent.

ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states.

A sulphate with an excess of the base.

Minute vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin, produced by excessive sweating.

he physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.

refix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose, supersede, supernatural, superabundance.

The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.

Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal. -- Su`per*a*bun"dant*ly, adv.

Acidulated to excess. [R.]

The act of adding something in excess or something extraneous; also, something which is added in excess or extraneously. This superaddition is nothing but fat. Arbuthnot.

The act of overfeeding, or making one take food in excess of the natural appetite for it.

Excessively curious or inquisitive. Evelyn.

Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.

Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes.

The state or quality of being superfluous; excess. "By a superfluity abominable." Chaucer.

is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. Shak. An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. E. Everett. Superfluous interval (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone.…

Excess of foliation. Sir T. Browne.

Excessive or extraordinary gain. [Obs.] Davenant.