Wad vs. Waid — Which is Correct Spelling?

Wad is an old mining term for any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral-rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits. Typically closely associated with various iron oxides.

A small mass of soft material, often folded or rolled, used for padding, stuffing, or packing.

A compressed ball, roll, or lump, as of tobacco or chewing gum.

A plug, as of cloth or paper, used to retain a powder charge in a muzzleloading gun or cannon.

A disk, as of felt or paper, used to keep the powder and shot in place in a shotgun cartridge.

(Informal) A large amount

A sizable roll of paper money.

A considerable amount of money.

Vulgar Slang An ejaculation of semen.

To compress into a wad

To pad, pack, line, or plug with wadding

To hold (shot or powder) in place with a wad.

To insert a wad into (a firearm).

An amorphous, compact mass.

A substantial pile (normally of money).

A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.

(slang) A sandwich.

An ejaculation of semen.

(dialect) Plumbago, graphite.

(mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.

To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.

(Ulster) To wager.

To insert or force a wad into.

To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.

Woad.

A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.

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.

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

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.

To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.

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.

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

A wad of something chewable as tobacco

Compress into a wad;

Crowd or pack to capacity;