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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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STUFFING, ppr. Filling; crowding.
STUFFING, n.
That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing
of a saddle or cushion.
Any seasoning preparation
used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments,
spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.
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. | ||||||||