*wadd*

n. [ AS. swe&unr_;il, swe&unr_;el, fr. swe&unr_;ain to bind. See Swathe. ] Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. [ 1913 Webster ]

They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The shoveler. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Swaddle, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Swaddling band,
Swaddling cloth, or
Swaddling clout, a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Luke ii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., . [ After one Twaddell, its inventor. ] A form of hydrometer for liquids heavier than water, graduated with an arbitrary scale such that the readings when multiplied by .005 and added to unity give the specific gravity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. & t. [ See Twattle. ] To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Silly talk; gabble; fustian. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who prates in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Twaddle, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Idle trifling; twaddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + swaddle. ] To take a swaddle from; to unswathe. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Waddy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Wad a little mass. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Waddled p. pr. & vb. n. Waddling ] [ Freq. of wade; cf. AS. wædlian to beg, from wadan to go. See Wade. ] To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. [ R. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, waddles. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a waddling manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Waddied p. pr. & vb. n. Waddying. ] To attack or beat with a waddy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Waddies [ Written also waddie, whaddie. ] [ Native name. Thought by some to be a corrup. of E. wood. ] [ Australia ] 1. An aboriginal war club. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A piece of wood; stick; peg; also, a walking stick. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]