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WADDING

\wˈɒdɪŋ], \wˈɒdɪŋ], \w_ˈɒ_d_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of WADDING

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical 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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any material used especially to protect something

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

any material used especially to protect something

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Soft material used for gun wads, stuffing, etc.; cotton prepared in sheets for padding.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Carded cotton or wool in sheets, used for surgical dressings.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A wad, or the materials for wads: a soft stuff, also sheets of carded cotton for stuffing garments, etc.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A wad; materials for wads; soft material, such as carded cotton, &c., for stuffing garments.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Wads collectively; carded cotton in sheets used for padding.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A wad; the materials for wads; a kind of soft stuff of loose texture, used for stufling garments.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A bundle or quantity of anything; a wisp of straw; a bundle of clouts or tow used by gunners to keep the powder close by ramming it down.
A material prepared for that purpose; sheets of carded cotton for stuffing and lining garments, &c.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. A wad or the materials for wads;-a kind of soft stuff of loose texture used for stuffing garments ; also, sheets of carded cotton prepared for the same purpose.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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