ppl. a. Now dial. and Hist. [f. WALK v.2 + -ED1.] a. Of cloth, etc.: Fulled. b. Felted, matted. Also Sc. thickened, rendered callous by hard work.

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1651.  Rec. Elgin (New Spalding Club), I. 289. Walter Hay, merchand, ordanit to buye 16 elnes of whyte walked cloath.

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1681.  in New Mills Cloth Manuf. (S.H.S.), Introd. 86. 33 ells raw will yeeld of waked or drest cloath 23 or 231/2 ells.

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c. 1750.  in Smiles, Lives Engin., II. 97. Cloth made of waulked plaiding.

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1786.  Burns, Vision, I. 32. I … heav’d on high my wauket loof, To swear by a’ yon starry roof.

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  Comb.  1829.  Hogg, Sheph. Cal., I. ii. 45. A waukit-woo’d wedder.

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