wadding

[Eng. wad (1), s.; -ing. ] 1. The materials for wads; any soft, flexible substance of which wads may be made. 2. A spongy web of cotton wool made by the card. ing-machine, and attached by a coat of size to ti ue paper, or treated on one side with a film of glue or gelatine. It is used for stuffing various parts of articles of dre . 3. A kind of soft, loosely woven stuff used by tail ors. wad-dle, s. [WADDLE, v.] The act or habit of waddling; a waddling, rocking gait. wad'-dle, v. i. . [A freq. from wade (q. v.).] A. In trans.: To rock or sway from side to side in walking; to move with short, quick steps, swaying the body from side to side; to walk in a tottering or wabbling fashion; to toddle. "It knows it cannot move fast and scorns to do more than waddle away moderately." -London Daily Tele graph. *B. Trans.: To tread down by wading or waddling through, as high gra . "They tread and waddle all the goodly gra , That in the field there scarce a corner was Left free by them." Drayton: The Moon-Calf. wad-dler, s. [Eng. waddl (e); -er.] One who waddles. wad'-dling, pr. par. or a. [WADDLE, v.] wad-dling-ly, adv. [Eng. waddling; -ly.] With a waddling or rocking gait.