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Wattle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Properly, a twig or flexible rod; and hence, a hurdle.

2. The fleshy excrescence that grows under the throat of a cock or turkey, or a like substance on a fish.

3. A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.

Wattle [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To bind with twigs.

2. To twist or interweave twigs one with another; to plat; to for a kind of network with flexible branches; as, to wattle a hedge.

Wattle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.

2. A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.

3. A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.

4. Barbel of a fish.

5. The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark.

6. The trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna.

Wattle [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To bind with twigs.

2. To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches.

3. To form, by interweaving or platting twigs.

Wattlebird [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthochaera and allied genera of the family Meliphagidae. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands.

2. The Australian brush turkey.

Wattled [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Bound or interwoven with twigs.

Wattled [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Furnished with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the chin or throat.

Wattled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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