Category:Wad

Wad, n. Etym: [see woad.]

Defn: woad. [obs.]

Wad Wad, n. Etym: [probably of scand. origin; cf. Sw. vadd wadding, dan Vat, d. & g. watte. Cf. Wadmol.]

1. A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow. Holland.

2. 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.

3. A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for Various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, Etc. Wed hook, a rod with a screw or hook at the end, used for Removing the wad from a gun.

Wad Wad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wadding.]

1. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or Cotton.

2. 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.

Wad; wadd Wad, wadd, n. (min.) (a) 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. (b) plumbago, or black lead.