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Stuff′ing.


1. (Leather.) A mixture of fish-oil and tallow which is rubbed into leather after being shaved by the currier's knife, and previous to the boarding or graining. The tool used is called a stuffer.

Sausage-stuffer and lard-press.


2. (Fiber.) Filling for cushions and mattresses, consisting of cotton, flocking, hair, wool, cork, sponge, hay, straw, tow, flax, moss, curled shreds of wood (Excelsior), etc.

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