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

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  • "They would make a fire and heat water in those black pots they used to have and they would sing all day, slapping the clothes on the rocks in perfect rhythm. And they would do the same thing when they were making blankets, waulking the cloth, all of them sitting at that long table."

    - 'No Great Mischief', Alistair MacLeod.

    February 19, 2008

  • This is a muppet Swedish chef kind of word. Ok, Scottish chef.

    July 20, 2021

  • Like all the best Scots words, this sounds like an insult

    July 22, 2021