- Cotton wool - of Wad - A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of
which wads may be made. - Any soft stuff of loose texture, used for stuffing or
padding garments; esp., sheets of carded cotton prepared for the
purpose.
- Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. - Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing
for garments; stuffing; padding. - Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language
above the dignity of the occasion; fustian. - High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning;
magniloquent; bombastic. - To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.