wad

n. [ Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. vadd wadding, Dan vat, D. & G. watte. Cf. Wadmol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wed hook, a rod with a screw or hook at the end, used for removing the wad from a gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Woad. ] Woad. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Min.) (a) An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties. (b) Plumbago, or black lead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Waddy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Wad a little mass. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Waddled p. pr. & vb. n. Waddling ] [ Freq. of wade; cf. AS. wædlian to beg, from wadan to go. See Wade. ] To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. [ R. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, waddles. [ 1913 Webster ]