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of manganefe ore, of which there are four kinds : fibrous 

 wad, ochrey wad, pulverulent ochrey wad, and dendritic 

 wad. See Manganese. 



The wad of Derbyftiire is compofed of nearly equal pro- 

 portions of the oxyds of manganefe and irpn. 



The plumbago of Borrowdale, in Cumberland, is pro- 

 vincially called wad. Sec Plumbago. 



Wad is alfo fometimes applied to the light tufts of hay 

 which are Ihaken together ; and, in which cafe, the hay is 

 then faid to be wadded. It is likewife occafionally ufed in 

 fome places, to fignify the plant woad or would, which is 

 ufed in dyeing. See Woad. 



Wadd, Pea and Bean, in Agriculture, the fmall handfuls 

 or portions of the*e crops which are fet up together m a 

 Canting manner, after being cut or pulled, for the purpofe 

 of drying, and which are fometimes afterwards tied. 

 Vf AT>vt-Hooh. See Worm. 



Wabh-MHI is a hollow form of wood, to make the 

 wadds of a proper fize. 



WADDEL, in Geography, a town of North Carolina ; 

 30 miles W. of Exeter. 



WADDEN, a channel of the German fea, between the 

 ifland of Araeland and the coaft of Friefland. 



WADDLE, in Agriculture, a name applied in fome 

 places to the flatted hurdle of the fplit-wood kind. It is a 

 very preferable fort of hurdle for many different purpofes 

 on farms. See Hurdle. 



WADDO, in Geography, a town of Sweden, in the 

 province of Upland, on a narrow creek, which communi- 

 cates with Aland's Haff; 15 miles N. of Nortelge. N. lat. 

 6o». E. long. 18° 40'. 



WADE's Point, a cape on the coaft of North Caro- 

 lina. N. lat. 36^ 7'. W. long. 76° 20'. 



WADEBRIDGE, an inconfiderable market-town in 

 the hundred of Trigg, and county of Cornwall, England, 

 is fituated partly in the parifh of St. Breock, and partly 

 in that of Eglofhaile, at the diftance of 25 miles W.S.W. 

 from Launcefton, and 239 in the fame bearing from 

 London. A weekly market on Fridays, and two annual 

 fairs, were granted by king Edward II., in the year 

 1312, to Walter Stapleton, bilhop of Exeter, then lord of 

 the manor. The market is ftill held, though on a very 

 fmall fcale, for butchers' meat and other commodities ; and 

 here are now three fairs. The only objeft of notice in tlie 

 town is the bridge over the river Alan, about 320 feet in 

 length, and confifting of 17 arches, which connefts the two 

 parilhes wherein the town (lands. It was built in the reign 

 of Edward IV. by public contributions, and begun by 

 John Lovibond, then vicar of Eglolhaile. Hals fays, that 

 an indulgence was granted to the contributors in the year 

 1485 ; but no record of this appears in the regiilers 

 of the fee of Exeter. The fame author adds, that Lovi- 

 bond gave lands, then worth 20I. per annum, for the fupport 

 of the bridge : thefe lands are not now let for quite fo much. 

 This bridge was made a county-bridge in the reign of 

 James I. Padftow-Haven is navigable to Wadebridge, 

 whither vefTels of about 40 or 30 tons carry coals, fait, 

 lime, &c. — Lyfons's Magna Britannia, vol. iii. Cornwall, 

 4to. 18 14. 



WADEIJ, a town of Arabia, in the province of Ye- 

 men ; 80 miles S.S.W. of Saade. 



WADELS, a river which rifes in Radnorrtiire, and runs 

 into the Lug, in Shropfhire, about 3 miles E. of Pref- 

 teign. 



WADENSCHWEIL, a town of Switzerland, in the 

 canton of Zurich ; 9 miles S. of Zurich. 



WAD 



WADERO, an ifland near the wetl coaft of Sweden, ki 

 the North fea. N. lat. 56° 24'. E. long. 12° 30'. 



WADESBOROUGH, a town of North Carolina; 

 76 miles S.W. of Fayetteville. 



WADEY, a country of Africa, fituated to the weft of 

 Darfur. It formerly confilled of feveral ftates, but being 

 conquered by the Arabs, they were all united into one. 

 The Arabic is the principal language, though many others 

 are faid to be fpoken. 



WADHAM Islands, a clufler of fmall iflands, near 

 the north-eaft of Newfoundland. N. lat. 49' 57'. W. long. 



WADI Abassi, a river of Arabia, which runs into the 

 Red fea, 10 miles S.S.E. of Hodeida. 



Wadi el Arkih, a fmall river of Arabia, which waters 

 the city of Medina. 



Wadi Elmahad, a river of Arabia, which in rainy feafons 

 runs into the Red fea, 25 miles S.S.E. of Hodeida ; at 

 other times lofes itfelf in the lands. 



Wadi Faran, a river of Arabia, which runs into the 

 Red fea, 2J miles N.W. of Tor. 



Wadi Fatma, a fmall river of Arabia, which runs north- 

 weft of Mecca. 



Wadi Gamus, or Valley of Buffaloes, a valley of Egypt, 

 on the eaft fide of the Nile ; 5 miles S. of Enfeneh. 



Wadi el Kbir, a river of Arabia, which in rainy feafons 

 runs into the fea near Mocha. 



Wadi Meidam, a river of Arabia, which runs into the 

 fea, 8 miles W. of Aden. 



Wadi Schab, a river of Arabia, which lofes itfelf in the 

 fands, about 18 miles N. of Hodeida. 



Wadi Schan, a river of Arabia, which in rainy feafons 

 runs into the Red fea, 6 miles N.N.W. of Hodeida ; in dry 

 feafons it lofes itfelf in the fands. 



Wadi Suradaj, a river of Arabia, which in rainy feafons 

 runs into the Red fea, about 18 miles S.W. from Zebid. 



Wadi Zebid, a river of Arabia, which paftes by Zebid. 

 This river, at a particular feafon of the year, overflows and 

 fertilizes the foil ; it afterwards fpreads itfelf into a fliallow 

 lake, and is loft among the fands. 



WADING, Luke, in Biography, an Irifli ecclefiaftic, 

 more dillinguiftied for probity and piety than for difcrimina- 

 tion of judgment, refided at Rome, where he died in the 

 year 1655. His works, in which he has occafionally inter- 

 mixed fabulous relations, are " Annals of his Order," 

 which was that of St. Francis, in 8 vols, foho, continued 

 by other authors till they amounted to 1 7 vols, foho ; and 

 a " Bibliotheca of Writers of the Francifcan Order," 1630, 

 folio, held in confiderable eftimation. Moreri. 



WADMELAW, in Geography, a river of South Caro- 

 lina, which feparates the ifland of St. John from the con- 

 tinent. — Alfo, a fmall ifland on the coaft of South Carolina, 

 which communicates with St. John's ifland by means of a 

 bridge. 



WADREAG, a diftrid of Africa, in the country of 

 Sahara. 



WADSAOS, a town of Norway, in the diocefe of 

 Dronthcim ; 120 miles N. of Drontheim. 



WADSETT, in Agriculture, a term applied to an an- 

 cient fort of tenure or leafe of land, in the Highland parts 

 of Scotland. The writer of the account of the agriculture 

 of the county of Invernefs has remarked, that wadfetts 

 were, at a former period, frequent and numerous there ; 

 but that they have now been moftly refumed, the price 

 being paid up fo fooji as the term of redemption arrived. 

 Thefe wadfetts were commonly, it is faid, granted to the 

 younger fons and near relations of the great barons, and for 



thefe 



