Word Meanings - WADDY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. An aboriginal war club. 2. A piece of wood; stick; peg; also, a walking stick.

Related words: (words related to WADDY)

• STICK-LAC
  See LAC
• WALK-MILL
  A fulling mill. Halliwell.
• ABORIGINALLY
  Primarily.
• STICKING
  a. & n. from Stick, v. Sticking piece, a piece of beef cut from the neck. -- Sticking place, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. Shak. --
• STICKFUL
  As much set type as fills a composing stick.
• PIECER
  1. One who pieces; a patcher. 2. A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.
• STICKTAIL
  The ruddy duck.
• STICK
  A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used. 6. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. A stick of eels, twenty-five eels. -- Stick chimney, a chimney made
• PIECEMEALED
  Divided into pieces.
• ABORIGINAL
  1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." Wordsworth. 2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
• WALK
  akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full, Icel. valka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll, Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; 1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps;
• STICKLEBACK
  Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling,
• PIECEMEAL
  1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. "On which it piecemeal brake." Chapman. The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson. 2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession. Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. Pope.
• PIECELESS
  Not made of pieces; whole; entire.
• ABORIGINALITY
  The quality of being aboriginal. Westm. Rev.
• STICKINESS
  The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste.
• WALKYR
  See VALKYRIA
• PIECELY
  In pieces; piecemeal.
• WALKABLE
  Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over. Swift.
• WALKER
  A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester. 4. Etym: (more info) 1. One who walks; a pedestrian. 2. That with which one walks; a foot. Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. Chapman.
• POKING-STICK
  A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. Shak.
• SHOPWALKER
  One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.
• SPARPIECE
  The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt.
• PIG-STICKING
  Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians. Tackeray.
• FORESTICK
  Front stick of a hearth fire.
• SIDEWALK
  A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.
• CHOPSTICK
  One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
• DRIFTPIECE
  An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.
• CODPIECE
  A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke.
• SLEEPWALKER
  One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
• TRACKWALKER
  A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.
• MESSAGE STICK
  A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey information.
• CATSTICK
  A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat. Massinger.
• AFTERPIECE
  The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.