n.
Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the purpose.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Waddle
v. i.
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.
v. t.
To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it.
n.
One who, or that which, waddles.
adv.
In a waddling manner.
v. i.
To go; to move forward.
v. i.
To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
v. i.
Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.
v. t.
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.
n.
One who, or that which, wades.
n.
Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; -- called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves.
n.
A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes.
n.
A kind of pledge or mortgage.