stuffening

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

Stuffing; seasoning for meat or poultry. usually made of bread and herbs to give it a higher relish. Western.


By way of amends [for the dried up turkey] quarts of gravy were judiciously emptied on our plates from the wash-basin bowls. That also moistened the stuffinin, composed of Indian meal and sausages.--Carlton. The New Purchase, Vol. I. p. 182.