Sometimes this crook drew hazel bought adown, And
stuffed her apron wide with nuts so brown. --Gay.
Lest the gods, for sin, Should with a swelling
dropsy stuff thy skin. --Dryden.
2. To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing
them close together . . . and they retain smell and
color. --Bacon.
3. To fill by being pressed or packed into.
With inward arms the dire machine they load, And
iron bowels stuff the dark abode. --Dryden.
4. (Cookery) 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.
I'm stuffed, cousin; I can not smell. --Shak.
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.
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. --Swift.
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). [U. S.]