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Stuff [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A mass of matter, indefinitely; or a collection of substances; as a heap of dust, of chips or of dross.

2. The matter of which any thing is formed; materials. The carpenter and joiner speak of the stuff with which they build; mechanics pride themselves on having their wares made of good stuff

3. Time is the stuff which life is made of.

4. Degrading prose explains his meaning ill, and shows the stuff and not the workmans skill.

5. Cesar hath wept; ambition should be made of sterner stuff

6. Furniture; goods; domestic vessels in general.

7. He took away locks, and gave away the kings stuff [Nearly obsolete.]

8. That which fills any thing.

9. Cleanse the suffd bosom of that perilous stuff that weighs upon the heart.

10. Essence; elemental part; as the stuff of the conscience.

11. A medicine. [Vulgar.]

12. Cloth; fabrics of the loom; as silk stuffs; woolen stuffs. In this sense the word has a plural. stuff comprehends all cloths, but it signifies particularly woolen cloth of slight texture for linings.

13. Matter or thing; particularly, that which is trifling or worthless; a very extensive use of the word. Flattery is fulsome stuff; poor poetry is miserable stuff

14. Anger would indite such woful stuff as I or Shadwell write.

15. Among seamen, a melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc. With which the masts, sides and bottom of a ship are smeared.

Stuff [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To feed gluttonously.

2. Taught harmless man to cram and stuff

Stuff [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To fill; as, to stuff a bedtick.

2. To fill very full; to crowd.

3. This crook drew hazel boughs adown, and stuffd her apron wide with nuts so brown.

4. To thrust in; to crowd; to press.

5. Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing them close together.

6. To fill by being put into nay thing.

7. With inward arms the dire machine they load, and iron bowels stuff the dark abode.

8. To swell or cause to bulge out by putting something in.

9. STUFF me out with straw.

10. To fill with something improper.

11. For thee I dim these eyes, and stuff this head with all such reading as was never read.

12. To obstruct, as any of the organs.

13. Im stuffd, cousin; I cannot smell.

14. To fill meat with seasoning; as, to stuff a leg of veal.

15. To fill the skin of a dead animal for presenting and preserving his form; as, to stuff a bird or a lions skin.

16. To form by filling.

17. An eastern king put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence, and ordered his hide to be stuffed into a cushion, and placed upon the tribunal.

Stuff [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.

2. To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.

3. To fill by being pressed or packed into.

4. To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.

5. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.

6. To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.

7. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.

8. To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.

9. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).

Stuff [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To feed gluttonously; to cram.

Stuff [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

2. The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.

3. Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.

4. Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.

5. A medicine or mixture; a potion.

6. Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.

7. A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.

8. Paper stock ground ready for use.

Stuffed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Filled; crowded; crammed.

Stuffed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stuffer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, stuffs.

Stuffiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being stuffy.

Stuffing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That which is used for filling any thing; as the stuffing of a saddle or cushion.

2. Seasoning for meat; that which is put into meat to give it a higher relish.

Stuffing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Filling; crowding.

Stuffing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.

3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.

Stuffing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stuffy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.

2. Angry and obstinate; sulky.

3. Ill-ventilated; close.

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17 KJV and 0 BSB verses contain “stuff”

Genesis 31:37

Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.

Genesis 45:20

Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

Exodus 22:7

If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.

Exodus 36:7

For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.

Joshua 7:11

Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.

1 Samuel 10:22

Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

So again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

1 Samuel 25:13

And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.

And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men put on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

1 Samuel 30:24

For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”

Nehemiah 13:8

And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

Ezekiel 12:3

Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.

Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 12:4

Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.

Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.

Ezekiel 12:7

And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.

So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.

Luke 17:31

In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.

Judith 15:11

And the people spoiled the camp the space of thirty days: and they gave unto Judith Holofernes his tent, and all his plate, and beds, and vessels, and all his stuff: and she took it and laid it on her mule; and made ready her carts, and laid them thereon.

Judith 16:19

Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the people had given her, and gave the canopy, which she had taken out of his bedchamber, for a gift unto the Lord.

1 Maccabees 5:13

Yea, all our brethren that were in the places of Tobie are put to death: their wives and their children also they have carried away captives, and borne away their stuff; and they have destroyed there about a thousand men.

1 Maccabees 5:45

Then Judas gathered together all the Israelites that were in the country of Galaad, from the least unto the greatest, even their wives, and their children, and their stuff, a very great host, to the end they might come into the land of Judea.