wadding (n.)

"stuffing," 1620s, verbal noun from wad (v.).

also from 1620s

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1570s, "put a wad into," from wad (n.). From 1670s as "form into a wad;" 1759 as "pad or stuff with wadding." Related: Wadded; wadding.

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