Chapter Studiedly to Stump of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Stuffiness
(Stuff"i*ness) n. The quality of being stuffy.

Stuffing
(Stuff"ing), n.

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

2. (Cookery) 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.

Stuffy
(Stuff"y) a.

1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [Scot.] Jamieson.

2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. [U. S.]

3. Ill-ventilated; close.

Stuke
(Stuke) n. Stucco. [Obs.]

Stull
(Stull) n. [CF. Stum.] A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling stones. [Prov. Eng.]

Stulm
(Stulm) n. [Cf. G. stollen a post, a stulm, E. stall, stand.] A shaft or gallery to drain a mine. [Local, Eng.] Bailey.

Stulp
(Stulp) n. [Cf. Icel. stolpi, Dan., Sw., & OD. stolpe.] A short, stout post used for any purpose, a to mark a boundary. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Stultification
(Stul`ti*fi*ca"tion) n. The act of stultifying, or the state of being stultified.

Stultifier
(Stul"ti*fi`er) n. One who stultifies.

Stultify
(Stul"ti*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stultified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stultifying ] [L. stultus foolish + -fy.]

1. To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct. Burke.

2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [R.]

The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own, and that which he conceives like his own.

Hazlitt.

3. (Law) To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.

Stultiloquence
(Stul*til"o*quence) n. [L. stultiloquentia; stultus foolish + loquentia a talking, fr. loquens, p. pr. of loqui to talk.] Silly talk; babbling.