Stuff
King James Dictionary [1]
STUFF, n. G., See Stove and Stew.
1. A mass of matter, indefinitely or a collection of substances as a heap of dust, of chips or of dross. 2. The matter of which any thing is formed materials. The carpenter and joiner speak of the stuff with which they build mechanics pride themselves on having their wares made of good stuff.
Time is the stuff which life is made of.
Degrading prose explains his meaning and shows the stuff, and not the workmans skill.
Cesar hath wept ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
3. Furniture goods domestic vessels in general.
He took away locks, and gave away the kings stuff. Nearly obsolete.
4. That which fills any thing.
Cleanse the suffd bosom of that perilous stuff that weighs upon the heart.
5. Essence elemental part as the stuff of the conscience. 6. A medicine. Vulgar. 7. Cloth fabrics of the loom as silk stuffs woolen stuffs. In this sense the word has a plural. Stuff comprehends all cloths, but it signifies particularly woolen cloth of slight texture for linings. 8. Matter or thing particularly, that which is trifling or worthless a very extensive use of the word. Flattery is fulsome stuff poor poetry is miserable stuff.
Anger would indite such woful stuff as I or Shadwell write.
9. Among seamen, a melted mass of turpentine, tallow, &c. With which the masts, sides and bottom of a ship are smeared.
STUFF,
1. To fill as, to stuff a bedtick. 2. To fill very full to crowd.
This crook drew hazel boughs adown, and stuffd her apron wide with nuts so brown.
3. To thrust in to crowd to press.
Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing them close together.
4. To fill by being put into nay thing.
With inward arms the dire machine they load, and iron bowels stuff the dark abode.
5. To swell or cause to bulge out by putting something in.
Stuff me out with straw.
6. To fill with something improper.
For thee I dim these eyes, and stuff this head with all such reading as was never read.
7. To obstruct, as any of the organs.
Im stuffd, cousin I cannot smell.
8. To fill meat with seasoning as, to stuff a leg of veal. 9. To fill the skin of a dead animal for presenting and preserving his form as, to stuff a bird or a lions skin. 10. To form by filling.
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.
STUFF, To feed gluttonously.
Taught harmless man to cram and stuff.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
(2): ( v. t.) Paper stock ground ready for use.
(3): ( n.) To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
(4): ( n.) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
(5): ( v. t.) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
(6): ( v. i.) To feed gluttonously; to cram.
(7): ( n.) To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
(8): ( v. t.) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
(9): ( n.) To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.
(10): ( n.) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
(11): ( n.) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
(12): ( n.) To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; - said of birds or other animals.
(13): ( n.) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
(14): ( n.) To fill by being pressed or packed into.
(15): ( v. t.) Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.
(16): ( v. t.) The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.
(17): ( v. t.) Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.
(18): ( v. t.) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]
STUFF . In Luke 17:31 and elsewhere in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘stuff’ means ‘furniture’; cf. Udall’s tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of Erasmus’ Paraphrase , i. 7, ‘All that ever they had about them of stuffe or furniture.’
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [4]
Luke 17:31Goods
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
stuf ( כּלי , kelı̄ ; σκεῦος , skeúos ): "Material" for any purpose ( Ezekiel 12:3 , Ezekiel 12:4 , Ezekiel 12:7 ); or "supplies" in a more general sense ( Exodus 36:7 , Hebrew melā'khāh ; compare the King James Version, the English Revised Version 1 Samuel 10:22; 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 30:24 (the American Standard Revised Version substitutes "baggage")); frequently, "household possessions" ( Genesis 31:37; Genesis 45:20; Exodus 22:7; Joshua 7:11; Nehemiah 13:8; Judith 16:19; the King James Version Judith 15:11 ( skeuásmata , the Revised Version (British and American) "furniture"); the King James Version Luke 17:31 , where the Revised Version (British and American) reads "goods"). "Mingled stuff" is the translation of sha‛aṭnēz in the Revised Version (British and American) instead of "garment of divers sorts" the King James Version ( Deuteronomy 22:11 ).
