| Wattle (wattle) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Wat"tle |
| [AS. watel,
watul, watol, hurdle, covering, wattle; cf. OE. watel
a bag. Cf. Wallet.]
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A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of
such rods.
A rod laid on a roof to support the
thatch.
A naked
fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin
hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.
The astringent bark of
several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; --
called also wattle bark.
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| Wattle (wattle) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Wat"tle |
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To bind with twigs.
To twist or interweave, one with another, as
twigs] to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle
branches.
To form, by interweaving or platting
twigs.
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| Wattle (wattle) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Wat"tle |
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Material consisting of wattled twigs, withes, etc., used for
walls, fences, and the like.
In Australasia, any tree of
the genus Acacia; -- so called from the wattles, or
hurdles, which the early settlers made of the long, pliable branches
or of the split stems of the slender species.
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