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Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. Ex. xxxvi. 7. Ambitions should be made of sterner stuff. Shak. The workman on his stuff his skill doth show, And yet the stuff gives not the man his skill. Sir J. Davies.…

One who, or that which, stuffs.

The quality of being stuffy.

That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion.

Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.

A material used for dyeing.

Timber sawn into lengths and then split.

To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail. [Spelled also hacqueton.] [Obs.] Halliwell. Sir W. Scott.

cially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.

d in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans. It is made of leather stuffed with hay, moss, or the like.

Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work.

An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings.

A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.

A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors. A new black baize waistcoat lined with silk. Pepys.

A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant.

A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part,…

The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin.] Nares.