Usually means: Traditional Scottish method of fulling cloth.
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  1. waulk: Merriam-Webster
  2. waulk: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. waulk: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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

Similar:
wauk, scotch, swingle, towel, swale, scutch, buck, bespaul, thwite, clack, more...

Types:
pout, sulk, mope, mope around, more...

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Similar:
wauk, scotch, swingle, towel, swale, scutch, buck, bespaul, thwite, clack, more...

Types:
pout, sulk, mope, mope around, more...



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