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.
Wad"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Waddling
(?).] [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. wædlian to beg, from wadan to go. See
Wade.] 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 to
walk; a goose waddles. Shak.
She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace.
Young.
Wad"dle, v. t. To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking
through it. [R.] Drayton.
Wad"dler (?), n. One who, or that which, waddles.
Wad"dling*ly, adv. In a waddling manner.
Wade (?), n. Woad. [Obs.] Mortimer.
Wade (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wading.] [OE.
waden to wade, to go, AS. wadan; akin to OFries. wada, D. waden, OHG.
watan, Icel. va&?;a, Sw. vada, Dan. vade, L. vadere to go, walk, vadum
a ford. Cf. Evade, Invade, Pervade, Waddle.]