The soft stuffing of a saddle, etc.: superfluous matter introduced into a book or article in order to make it of the length desired.
The material used for stuffing; the stuffing of a coat, saddle, and the like; the act of imbuing with a mordant.
A material used for stuffing; useless or unnecessary matter used for filling space, as in a newspaper or magazine article.
Confidence; faith; belief in someone's truth and goodness; hope; basis of confidence or belief; credit granted because of belief in one's honesty; a duty or responsibility; a combination of business men or firms engaged in the production of some commodity or related group of commodities, designed to regulate the supply and price of their goods and to prosper by cooperation rather than by competition; often, such a combination formed to crush out smaller competitors formed to crush out smaller competitors and thus control an industry and raise prices; an estate left in someone's charge to be held and managed for another's charge to be held and managed for another's benefit; the guardianship of such an estate. ...