Word Meanings - RATTINET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.

WOOLEN
1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods. 2. Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper. Woolen scribbler, a machine for combing or preparing wool in thin, downy, translucent
STUFFING
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
RATTEEN
A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.
THINNER
One who thins, or makes thinner.
STUFFINESS
The quality of being stuffy.
STUFFER
One who, or that which, stuffs.
STUFFY
1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. Jamieson. 2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. 3. Ill-ventilated; close.
STUFF
A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication. Ham. Nav. Encyc. 8. Paper stock ground ready for use. Note: When partly ground, called half stuff. Knight. Clear stuff. See
BREADSTUFF
Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.
DYESTUFF
A material used for dyeing.
SPLIT STUFF
Timber sawn into lengths and then split.