An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

STUDY, STUTHY, STYDDY, s. An anvil; stiddie, S. studdie, S. B.
Doug.

Isl. stedia, incus.

To STUFF, v. a.
1. To supply, to provide.
Bannatyne P.

Fr. estoff-er, id. Germ. stoff, apparatus.

2. To supply with men; referring to warfare.
Douglas.

Stuff, s.
1. Corn or pulse of any kind, S.
Burns.
2. Vigour, whether of body or mind; mettle, S.

O. Fr. gens d'estoffe, gens de courage.

3. The men placed in a garrison for its defence.
Wyntown.
4. A reserve in the field of battle.
Wallace.

STUFF, s. Dust, Ang.

Teut. stuyve, stof, pulvis.