WAD

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~de, from Medieval Latin ~da Date: 15th century a small mass, bundle, or tuft: as, a soft mass especially of a loose fibrous material variously used (as to stop an aperture, pad a garment, or hold grease around an axle), b. a soft plug used to retain a powder charge or to avoid windage especially in a muzzle-loading gun, a felt or paper disk used to separate the components of a shotgun cartridge, a small mass of a chewing substance , a considerable amount (as of money), 3. a roll of paper money, money , II. transitive verb (~ded; ~ding) Date: 1579 1. to insert a ~ into , to hold in by a ~ , to form into a ~ or ~ding, to stuff or line with some soft substance, ~der noun