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half-stuff

[ haf-stuhf, hahf- ]

noun

  1. (in a manufacturing process) any material half formed, especially partly prepared pulp for making paper.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of half-stuff1

First recorded in 1760–70

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Example Sentences

From these fibres the half-stuff for the paper was made by means of a rude mechanical process.

The half-stuff thus bleached, is now transferred to the beating engine, and worked into a fine pulp.

Except at the entrances, a sill of half-stuff runs from post to post on the platform.

The wall-plates are of large half-stuff, with the flat side above.

A piece of half-stuff nailed to the wall will support the upper ends of the rafters.

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