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- Stuffing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Stuff
- Stuffing - n. - That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion.
- Stuffing - n. - Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.
- Stuffing - n. - A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
- Follower - n. - A gland. See Illust. of Stuffing box.
- Gland - n. - The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.
- Tillandsia - n. - A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
- Collar - n. - A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.
- Lantern - n. - A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.
- Pulu - n. - A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of free ferns of the genus Cibotium, chiefly C. Menziesii; -- used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent.
- Dressing - n. - The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
- Excelsior - n. - A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.
- Hair - n. - Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.
- Wadding - n. - Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.
- Packing - n. - The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides.
- Infarction - n. - The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.