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half-stuff
[ haf-stuhf, hahf- ]
noun
- (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.
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The half-stuff thus bleached, is now transferred to the beating engine, and worked into a fine pulp.
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Except at the entrances, a sill of half-stuff runs from post to post on the platform.
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The wall-plates are of large half-stuff, with the flat side above.
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A piece of half-stuff nailed to the wall will support the upper ends of the rafters.
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