Definition of wad

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Wad (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..

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Enswathe :: Enswathe (v. t.) To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes..
Grallae :: Grallae (n. pl.) An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores..
Waddling :: Waddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waddl.
Wad :: Wad (n.) A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow..
Wading :: Wading () a. & n. from Wade, v..
Bambino :: Bambino (n.) A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes..
Babble :: Babble (n.) Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
Waggle :: Waggle (v. i.) To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle..
Bittern :: Bittern (n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species..
Thenadays :: Thenadays (adv.) At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays.
Palamedeae :: Palamedeae (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds..
Swaddling :: Swaddled (imp. & p. p.) of Swaddl.
Waded :: Waded (imp. & p. p.) of Wa.
Blowtube :: Blowtube (n.) A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles..
Macrodactyl :: Macrodactyl (n.) One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes.
Stork-billed :: Stork (n.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe..
Gallinule :: Gallinule (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule
Curlew :: Curlew (n.) A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill..
Seesawad :: Seesawad (imp. & p. p.) of Seesa.
Swad :: Swad (n.) A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease..
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