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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
stuffing box n 1: a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal [syn: stuffing box, packing box] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Stuffing \Stuff"ing\, n. 1. That which is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion. [1913 Webster] 2. (Cookery) Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing. [1913 Webster] 3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] | ||
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