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   Wad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wadding.]
   
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   1. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, “to wad tow or cotton”.
   
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   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”.
   
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   Wade (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wading.] [OE. waden to wade, to go, AS. wadan; akin to OFries. wada, D. waden, OHG. watan, Icel. vaa, Sw. vada, Dan. vade, L. vadere to go, walk, vadum a ford.  Cf. Evade, Invade, Pervade, Waddle.]
   
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   1. To go; to move forward.  [Obs.]
   
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   When might is joined unto cruelty,
   
   Alas, too deep will the venom wade. Chaucer.
   
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   Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. Old Play.
   
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   2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
   
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   So eagerly the fiend . . .
   
   With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way,
   
   And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. Milton.
   
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   3. Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly inder or embarrass; as, “to wade through a dull book”.
   
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   And wades through fumes, and gropes his way. Dryden.
   
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   The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties. Davenant.
   
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