wadmeal

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wadmeal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wadmol \Wad"mol\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. va?m[=a]l a
     woollen stuff, Dan vadmel. Cf. Wad a small mass, and
     Woodmeil.]
     A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by
     the poor, and for various other purposes. [Spelled also
     wadmal, wadmeal, wadmoll, wadmel, etc.] --Beck
     (Draper's Dict.). Sir W. Scott.
     [1913 Webster]