Walling wax, a composition of wax and tallow used by etchers and
engravers to make a bank, or wall, round the edge of a plate, so as to
form a trough for holding the acid used in etching, and the like.
Fairholt.
Wal*loons" (?), n. pl.; sing. Walloon (&?;). [Cf. F. wallon.] A Romanic
people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of
Hainaut, Namur, Liége, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant;
also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
[Written also Wallons.] "A base Walloon . . . thrust Talbot with a
spear." Shak.
Walloon guard, the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; — so called
because formerly consisting of Walloons.
Wal"lop (?), v. i. [Cf. OFlem. walop a gallop; of uncertain origin. Cf.
Gallop.] To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop. [Prov. Eng.
& Scot.]