WADD, noun In mineralogy, a black wadd is a species of ore of manganese, of which there are four kinds; fibrous, ochery, pulverulent ochery, and dendritic. In some places, plumbago or black lead is called wad or wadd
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.