2. To rob on foot. [Obs.] Cotton Mather.
3. To wear a path by walking. [Prov. Eng.]
Pad
(Pad), n. [Perh. akin to pod.]
1. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
2. A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper,
or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.
3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
4. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
5. (Zoöl.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
7. (Med.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
8. (Naut.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. W. C. Russel.
9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles. [Eng.] Simmonds.
Pad cloth, a saddlecloth; a housing. — Pad saddle. See def. 3, above. — Pad tree (Harness Making),
a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. Knight.
Pad
(Pad), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n. Padding.]
1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. Ure.
Padar
(Pad"ar) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Groats; coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Sir. H. Wotton.
Padder
(Pad"der) n.
1. One who, or that which, pads.
2. A highwayman; a footpad. [Obs.]
Padding
(Pad"ding), n.
1. The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.
2. The material with which anything is padded.
3. Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc. London Sat. Rev.
4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant.
Paddle
(Pad"dle) v. i. [Prob. for pattle, and a dim. of pat, v.; cf. also E. pad to tread, Prov. G. paddeln,
padden, to walk with short steps, to paddle, G. patschen to splash, dash, dabble, F. patouiller to dabble,
splash, fr. patte a paw. &radic21.]
1. To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes. [Obs.] Shak.
