"wad" Definition

Definitions for the word "wad" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
Woad.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Alt. of Wadd
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 lump of soft material used esp. To keep things apart or in place or to block a hole. 2 bundle of banknotes or documents. v. (-dd-) 1 stop up or keep in place with a wad. 2 line, stuff, or protect with wadding. [origin uncertain]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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