WAULK

Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive, obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.

Synonyms

• (make denser and more like felt by soaking and beating): full, walk

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

14 April 2025

FOCUS

(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.

coffee icon