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a. & n. from Twaddle, v.

Idle trifling; twaddle.

To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; to twaddle; as, a twattling gossip. L'Estrange.

One who twattles; a twaddler.

A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.

To take the saddle off; to unsaddle. [Obs.] Jervas.

To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle. Addison.

To reel, sway, or move from side to side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle. Why do you go nodding and waggling so L'Estrange.

To move in a rolling, cumbersome manner; to waddle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

mall, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling.

ess or personal decoration. Flowers that their gay wardrobe wear. Milton. With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe. T. Hughes.

ward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.

One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is the type.

The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.

ted that a transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a coarsely made wheel. See Paddlewood. -- Wheel urchin (Zoöl.), any sea urchin of the genus Rotula having a round, flat shell. -- Wheel window (Arch.), a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. Rose window, under…

A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.

A paddle box. See under Paddle.

A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow.