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Definition of wad

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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..

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Wader :: Wader (n.) Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves..

Swad :: Swad (n.) A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease..

Swaddle :: Swad (n.) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.

Quilt :: Quilt (v. t.) To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material..

Grallatory :: Grallatory (a.) Of or pertaining to the Grallatores, or waders..

Twattle :: Twattle (v. i.) To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip..

Limpkin :: Limpkin (n.) Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird..

Twaddle :: Twaddle (n.) Silly talk; gabble; fustian.

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..

Ibis :: Ibis (n.) Any bird of the genus Ibis and several allied genera, of the family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, curved beak, and feed largely on reptiles..

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

Shoebill :: Shoebill (n.) A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak..

Wade :: Wade (n.) Woad.

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

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

Tantalus :: Tantalus (n.) A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.

Swad :: Swad (n.) A clown; a country bumpkin.

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

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

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