| Wad (wad) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Wad |
| [See Woad.] |
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A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or
tow.
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.
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous
substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding
a garment, etc.
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To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding]
as, to wad tow or cotton.
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.
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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.
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