\Wad\, n. [See {Woad}.]
Woad. [Obs.]

\Wad\, n. [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. vadd wadding,
Dan vat, D. & G. watte. Cf. {Wadmol}.]
1. A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
   --Holland.

2. Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible
   material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope
   yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or
   for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish
   or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a
   dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.

3. A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance,
   used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture,
   padding a garment, etc.

{Wed hook}, a rod with a screw or hook at the end, used for
   removing the wad from a gun.

\Wad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wadding}.]
1. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad
   tow or cotton.

2. To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to
   stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like
   cotton; as, to wad a cloak.

\Wad\, Wadd \Wadd\, n. (Min.)
   (a) An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different
       oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often
       silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There
       are several varieties.
   (b) Plumbago, or black lead.