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Webster 1913 Edition


Wallet

Wal′let

,
Noun.
[OE.
walet
, probably the same word as OE.
watel
a bag. See
Wattle
.]
1.
A bag or sack for carrying about the person, as a bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey; a knapsack; a beggar’s receptacle for charity; a peddler's pack.
[His hood] was trussed up in his
walet
.
Chaucer.
2.
A pocketbook for keeping money about the person.
3.
Anything protuberant and swagging.
“Wallets of flesh.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wallet

WALLET

,
Noun.
1.
A bag for carrying the necessaries for a journey or march; a knapsack.
2.
Any thing protuberant and swagging; as wallets of flesh.