wattling

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wattling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wattle \Wat"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wattled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Wattling.]
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     1. To bind with twigs.
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     2. To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to
        form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches.
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     3. To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.
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              The folded flocks, penned in their wattled cotes.
                                                    --Milton.
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  Wattling \Wat"tling\, n.
     The act or process of binding or platting with twigs; also,
     the network so formed.
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           Made with a wattling of canes or sticks. --Dampier.
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