Definition of Wad

Wad
(v. t.)
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.
  
(v. t.)
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
  
(n.)
Woad.
  
(n.)
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.
  
(n.)
Alt. of Wadd
  
(n.)
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
  
(n.)
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
  

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Noun
1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
(synonym) batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, whole lot, whole slew
(hypernym) large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
(hyponym) flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
(derivation) jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram
2. a wad of something chewable as tobacco
(synonym) chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug
(hypernym) morsel, bit, bite
(derivation) pack, bundle, compact

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Verb
1. compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
(synonym) pack, bundle, compact
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(hyponym) puddle
(verb-group) compact, pack
(derivation) chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug
2. crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
(synonym) jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram
(hypernym) stuff
(verb-group) cram
(derivation) batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, whole lot, whole slew

Wad
(chiefly military) (derogatory) stupid or annoying person; jerk

Dick-wad
annoying, foolish person; dickhead

Shoot one's wad
(of a male) to ejaculate (from “wad” = the wadding used in loading cartridges)

Tight wad
smb. who doesn't want to part with his money

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wads n : a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends" [syn: tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings]

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Nsutite

General Information:
 Chemical Formula:
(Mn++++1-x)(Mn++x)(O2-2x)(OH2x) where x = 0.06-0.07
 Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 87.24 gm)
Manganese 62.97 % Mn
Hydrogen 0.35 % H 
Oxygen 36.68 % O 
 Empirical Formula:
Mn4+0.85O1.7Mn2+0.15OH0.3
 Environment:
Oxidation of manganese carbonate minerals. Found in most major manganese deposits.
 IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1962
 Locality:
Nsuta, Ghana.
 Name Origin:
Named for the locality.
Physical Properties:
 Color:
grayish black, dark gray, or black.
 Density:
4.24 - 4.67, Average = 4.45
 Diaphaniety:
Opaque
 Habits:
Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses., Earthy - Dull, clay-like texture with no visible crystalline affinities, (e.g. howlite).,
 Hardness:
6.5-8.5
 Luster:
Earthy (Dull)
 Streak:
black
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Pyrolusite

General Information:
 Chemical Formula:
MnO2
 Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 86.94 gm)
Manganese 63.19 % Mn
Oxygen 36.81 % O 
 Empirical Formula:
Mn4+O2
 Environment:
Sedimentary, hydrothermal, and secondary.
 IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1967
 Locality:
Common world wide.
 Name Origin:
From the Greek, pyro and louein, "fire" and "to wash," because it was used to remove the greenish color imparted to glass by iron compounds.
Physical Properties:
 Cleavage:
[110] Perfect
 Color:
steel gray, iron gray, or bluish gray.
 Density:
4.4 - 5.06, Average = 4.73
 Diaphaniety:
Opaque
 Habits:
Reniform - "Kidney like" in shape (e.g.. hematite)., Dendritic - Branching "tree-like" growths of great complexity (e.g. pyrolusite)., Earthy - Dull, clay-like texture with no visible crystalline affinities, (e.g. howlite).
 Hardness:
6-6.5 - Orthoclase-Pyrite
 Luminescence:
None.
 Luster:
Sub Metallic
 Streak:
black
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Takanelite

General Information:
 Chemical Formula:
(Mn++,Ca)Mn++++4O8·(H2O)
 Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 419.21 gm)
Calcium 0.96 % Ca
Manganese 64.21 % Mn
Hydrogen 0.48 % H 
Oxygen 34.35 % O 
 Empirical Formula:
Mn2+0.9Ca0.1Mn4+4O8·(H2O)
 Environment:
Oxidation zone of a braunite-rhodochrosite-Carpopilite deposit.
 IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1970
 Locality:
Nomura mine, Ehime, Japan.
 Name Origin:
Named for Katsutoshi Takane (1899-1945), professor of mineralogy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Physical Properties:
 Cleavage:
None
 Color:
brownish gray, black, or steel gray.
 Density:
3.41 - 3.425, Average = 3.41
 Diaphaniety:
Opaque
 Habits:
Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses., Inclusions - Generally found as inclusions in other minerals.,
 Hardness:
2.5-3 - Finger Nail-Calcite
 Luster:
Sub Metallic
 Streak:
brown black
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Vernadite

General Information:
 Chemical Formula:
(Mn++++,Fe+++,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·n(H2O)
 Environment:
Marine and fresh water iron-manganese crusts and concretions, often in relict bacterial forms.
 Locality:
Somewhere in Russia.
 Name Origin:
Named for Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadskii (1863-1945), Russian natrualist and geochemist.
Physical Properties:
 Color:
black or chocolate brown.
 Density:
3
 Diaphaniety:
Opaque
 Streak:
chocolate brown
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WAD
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Wad
lit. 'wind, atmosphere', name of the yazad presiding over the wind; name of the twenty-second day of the month according to the Zoroastrian religious calendar. (Var. Gowad, Govad).

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