Watt

w5t, n. 'Elec.) The electrical unit of power. One horse power nearly equal to 746 watts. [Fr. the scientist, James Watt.] Wattle, wot/tl, n. A twig or flexible rod; a hurdle made of such rods; a rod laid on a roof to support the thatch; the fleshy excrescence that grows under the throat of a cock or turkey, or a like substance on a fish.— v. [wattled (-tld), -tling.] To bind with twigs; to twist or interweave (twigs) one with another; to plat: to form of platted twigs. [Same as wallet, q. v.; AS. watel, a hurdle, covering, in ME., a bag, watelen, to wattle, twist together, strengthen with hurdles.] Waul, wawl, To cry as a cat; to squall. [Onomat; same as wail and woe.}