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.