The burning bush; -- said to be called after a quack medicine made from it.
Wabble:
To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or wh ...
Wabble:
A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.
Wabbly:
Inclined to wabble; wabbling.
Wacke:
Alt. of Wacky
Wacky:
A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
Wad:
Woad.
Wad:
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
Wad:
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 clos ...
Wad:
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
Waded:
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Wadding:
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Wad:
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
Wad:
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.
Wad:
Alt. of Wadd
Wadd:
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.
Wadd:
Plumbago, or black lead.
Wadding:
A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.
Wadding:
Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.
Waddled:
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Waddling:
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Waddle:
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 ...
Waddle:
To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.
Waddler:
One who, or that which, waddles.
Waddlingly:
In a waddling manner.
Wade:
Woad.
Waded:
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Wading:
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Wade:
To go; to move forward.
Wade:
To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
Wade:
Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.
Wade:
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.
Wade:
The act of wading.
Wader:
One who, or that which, wades.
Wader:
Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves.