WADDING

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 33

n. Woad'ian. Fr., ouate. Ger., Watte. Carded cotton in sheets. [E.] W.-bearer. Ger., Wattentrdger. Of Has sen stein, a forceps for holding a firmly rolled, lengthy pad of w. The branches are held together by a movable ring. [F, 32.] [s. 724]