单词 | wadding |
释义 | waddingn. 1. The action of wad v.1 ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > sheaf or bundle of other crops > sheafing or bundling other crops wadding1776 1776 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 14 Sept. (1778) Whether the crop be thick or thin, Wadding puts it equally out of harm's way. 2. concrete. Any soft, pliable material from which gun-wads are made; also, a wad. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for other specific purposes screen cloth1603 wadding1627 heading1650 fusive1678 graving stuff1702 pounce1728 railing1740 retarder1753 seating1790 shelving1817 bending1823 shafting1825 wedging1825 rubber sheet1842 facing1843 piston packing1857 sheathing1859 screeding1864 paint1875 sleeving1923 landfill1969 presoak1969 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > wad tampion1481 wadding1627 wad1667 wisp1688 patch1799 junk wad1822 grummet1828 patching1835 oil patch1861 grummet-wad1867 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiv. 66 Waddings is Okum, old clouts, or straw, put after the powder and the Bullet. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 8 Nov. (1971) V. 316 To the Office of the Ordnance to discourse about Wadding for guns. 1742 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 42 175 The Waddings used in all these..Experiments, were of thick Leather cut round, to fit the Bore of the Piece. 1815 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. iii. 73 The whole of the extent..was strewed with the cartridges and waddings of the cannon. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. i. 31 The recruit is to be instructed..to ram the paper, as wadding home. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House liv. 525 I found the wadding of the pistol with which the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn was shot. 3. Any loose, fibrous material for use as a padding, stuffing, quilting, etc. Now chiefly, cotton-wool formed into a fleecy layer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for stuffing or filling flocks1277 capiton1612 padding1640 wattins1690 wadding1734 packing1779 pugging1801 stopping1823 chinking1837 stopper1879 air foam1937 the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > lining > stuffing or padding bolstering1530 stuffing1530 bombasting1603 padding1640 wadding1734 pad1860 1734 Grub St. Jrnl. 2 May 4/1 Handsome Gowns for Ladies, with Silk Waddings. 1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Wadding, a thin, coarse, woollen Manufacture made to line Men's Morning Gowns, the Plaits of their Coats, &c. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Wadding, a kind of soft stuff loosely woven, with which the skirts of coats are stuffed out. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 31 A generation more refin'd Improv'd the simple plan;..And o'er the seat, with plenteous wadding stuff'd, Induc'd a splendid cover. 1802 M. Cutler Jrnl. 13 Dec. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 113 I presented him a specimen of wadding for Ladies' cloaks. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1279 Wadding [for garments] is now made with a lap or fleece of cotton prepared by the carding-engine, which is applied to tissue paper by a coat of size. 1865 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 493 A small ball of cotton wool or wadding enclosed in a piece of linen rag. 1902 W. I. Hannan Textile Fibres Commerce 54 The raw material..when beaten out soft is used for wadding in clothing and coverlets. 1904 Woollen Draper's Terms in Tailor & Cutter 4 Aug. 480/2 Wadding; A loose fibrous material made of cotton waste; one side is finished with paper face; used for padding purposes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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