Wadding

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wadding \Wad"ding\, n. [See {Wad} a little mass.]
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     1. A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of
        which wads may be made.
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     2. Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or
        padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared
        for the purpose.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wad \Wad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Wadding}.]
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     1. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad
        tow or cotton.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wad
       n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
            "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
            money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
            have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
            deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess},
             {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot},
             {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack},
             {tidy sum}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
       2: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: {chew}, {chaw},
           {cud}, {quid}, {plug}]
       v 1: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: {pack},
            {bundle}, {compact}]
       2: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn:
           {jam}, {jampack}, {ram}, {chock up}, {cram}]
       [also: {wadding}, {wadded}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wadding
       n : any material used especially to protect something [syn: {packing
           material}, {packing}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wadding
       See {wad}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "wadding":
     bush, bushing, doubling, doublure, facing, filler, filling, gasket,
     gland, inlay, inlayer, insole, interlineation, liner, lining,
     packing, padding, stopping, stuffing, tampon, wainscot