Wad vs. Waid
Wadnoun
An amorphous, compact mass.
Wadnoun
A substantial pile (normally of money).
Wadnoun
A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.
Wadnoun
(slang) A sandwich.
Wadnoun
An ejaculation of semen.
Wadnoun
(dialect) Plumbago, graphite.
Wadnoun
(mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
Wadverb
To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
Wadverb
(Ulster) To wager.
Wadverb
To insert or force a wad into.
Wadverb
To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
Wadnoun
Woad.
Wadnoun
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
Wadnoun
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.
Wadnoun
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
Wadnoun
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.
Wadverb
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
Wadverb
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.
Wadnoun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
Wadnoun
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Wadverb
compress into a wad;
Wadverb
crowd or pack to capacity;
Wad
Wad is an old mining term for any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral-rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits. Typically closely associated with various iron oxides.
Waidadjective
(obsolete) Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.
Waidadjective
Oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed down.
