W :: W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal

Waag :: Waag (n.) The grivet.

Waahoo :: Waahoo (n.) The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.

Wabble :: Wabble (v. i.) To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles..

Wabble :: Wabble (n.) A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro..

Wabbly :: Wabbly (a.) Inclined to wabble; wabbling.

Wacke :: Wacke (n.) Alt. of Wack.

Wacky :: Wacky (n.) A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt..

Wad :: Wad (n.) Woad.

Wad :: Wad (n.) A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow..

Wad :: Wad (n.) 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..

Wad :: Wad (n.) A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc..

Waded :: Waded (imp. & p. p.) of Wa.

Wadding :: Wadding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wa.

Wad :: Wad (v. t.) To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton..

Wad :: Wad (v. t.) To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak..

Wad :: Wad (n.) Alt. of Wad.

Wadd :: Wadd (n.) 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..

Wadd :: Wadd (n.) Plumbago, or black lead..

Wadding :: Wadding (n.) A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made..

Wadding :: Wadding (n.) Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose..

Waddled :: Waddled (imp. & p. p.) of Waddl.

Waddling :: Waddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waddl.

Waddle :: Waddle (v. i.) 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..

Waddle :: Waddle (v. t.) To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it..

Waddler :: Waddler (n.) One who, or that which, waddles..

Waddlingly :: Waddlingly (adv.) In a waddling manner.

Wade :: Wade (n.) Woad.

Waded :: Waded (imp. & p. p.) of Wad.

Wading :: Wading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wad.

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