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waulk
waulk [ wawk ] (3rd person present singular waulks, present participle waulking, past and past participle waulked)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
Scotland thicken cloth: to make cloth such as tweed thicker and more felted by soaking and beating it
[15th century. < Dutch or Low German walken]
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