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Webster 1913 Edition
Wadding
1.
A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.
2.
Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wadding
WADDING
,Noun.
1.
A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.2.
A kind of soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing garments.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
wadding (countable and uncountable, plural waddings)
- wads collectively
- soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
- She slipped a hand into her kerchief pocket and took out the wadding and waved in reply of course without letting him and then slipped it back.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
Translations
wads collectively
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Etymology 2
Verb
wadding
- present participle of wad