WAD
\wˈɒd], \wˈɒd], \w_ˈɒ_d]\
Definitions of WAD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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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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.
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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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Alt. of Wadd
By Oddity Software
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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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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.
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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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Alt. of Wadd
By Noah Webster.
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A small mass of soft material; a soft bunch of cotton, wool, rope, etc., used to stop an opening, pad a garment, etc.; a soft plug to hold a charge of powder or shot in position; as, a gun wad.
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To form into, close by, or stuff with, a small, soft mass or bunch.
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Wadded.
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Wadding.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To press into a mass; pack; put a wad in.
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A small compact mass of soft substance, as used for packing, etc.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay or tow; a substance made of hay or tow rolled in a ball, and rammed into a gun to keep down the powder.
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An earthy oxide of manganese.
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To form into a wad; to stuff with a wad.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Dutch]A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow ;- especially, a little mass of soft material for stopping the charge of powder in a gun and pressing it close to the shot; hence, a soft mass of some loose fibrous substance used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A pledge; a promise;—a wager; a bet.
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