Category:Stuffing

Stuff"ing, n.

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

2. (cookery)

Defn: 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 box, a device for rendering a joint impervious Where there is a hole through which a movable cylindrical body, as The paston rod of a steam engine, or the plunger of a pump, slides Back and forth, or in which a shaft turns. It usually consists of a Box or chamber, made by an enlargement of part of the hole, forming a Space around the rod or shaft for containing packing which is Compressed and made to fill the space closely by means of a sleeve, Called the gland, which fits loosely around the rod, and is pressed Upon the packing by bolts or other means.