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waulks

waulks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of waulk.

Meaning of waulk

Verb

waulk (third-person singular simple present waulks, present participle waulking, simple past and past participle waulked)

  1. (transitive, obsolete outside Northern England and Scotland) to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.
    • The frame on which the cloth is waulked is a board some twelve to twenty-four feet long and about two feet broad, grooved lengthwise along its surface.1900, Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica, volume 1, page 310
    Synonyms:
    full, walk

Questions about waulks

What is waulks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Waulks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of waulk.

Words near waulks in the dictionary

  1. waulkings
  2. waulkmill
  3. waulkmiller
  4. waulkmillers
  5. waulkmills
  6. waulks
  7. wauls
  8. Waunarlwydd
  9. Wauneka
  10. Waunekas
  11. Waunfawr

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