4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wattle  \Wat"tle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Wattled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Wattling}.] 
  1.  To  bind  with  twigs. 
 
  2.  To  twist  or  interweave,  one  with  another,  as  twigs;  to 
  form  a  network  with  to  plat;  as  to  wattle  branches. 
 
  3.  To  form  by  interweaving  or  platting  twigs. 
 
  The  folded  flocks,  penned  in  their  wattled  cotes. 
  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wattle  \Wat"tle\,  n.  [AS.  watel,  watul,  watol,  hurdle,  covering, 
  wattle;  cf  OE  watel  a  bag.  Cf  {Wallet}.] 
  1.  A  twig  or  flexible  rod;  hence  a  hurdle  made  of  such  rods. 
 
  And  there  he  built  with  wattles  from  the  marsh  A 
  little  lonely  church  in  days  of  yore.  --Tennyson. 
 
  2.  A  rod  laid  on  a  roof  to  support  the  thatch. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  naked  fleshy,  and  usually  wrinkled  and  highly 
  colored,  process  of  the  skin  hanging  from  the  chin  or 
  throat  of  a  bird  or  reptile. 
  b  Barbel  of  a  fish. 
 
  4. 
  a  The  astringent  bark  of  several  Australian  trees  of  the 
  genus  {Acacia},  used  in  tanning;  --  called  also 
  {wattle  bark}. 
  b  (Bot.)  The  trees  from  which  the  bark  is  obtained.  See 
  {Savanna  wattle},  under  {Savanna}. 
 
  {Wattle  turkey}.  (Zo["o]l.)  Same  as  {Brush  turkey}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wattle  \Wat"tle\,  n. 
  1.  Material  consisting  of  wattled  twigs,  withes,  etc.,  used 
  for  walls,  fences,  and  the  like  ``The  pailsade  of 
  wattle.''  --Frances  Macnab. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  In  Australasia,  any  tree  of  the  genus  {Acacia};  -- 
  so  called  from  the  wattles,  or  hurdles,  which  the  early 
  settlers  made  of  the  long,  pliable  branches  or  of  the 
  split  stems  of  the  slender  species. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wattle 
  n  1:  a  fleshy  wrinkled  and  often  brightly  colored  fold  of  skin 
  hanging  from  the  neck  or  throat  of  certain  birds 
  (chickens  and  turkeys)  or  lizards  [syn:  {lappet}] 
  2:  stakes  interwoven  with  branches  to  form  a  fence 
  v  1:  build  of  or  with  wattle 
  2:  interlace  to  form  wattle 

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