n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) See Lumpfish. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Same as cushioned, 1.
Syn. -- cushioned, cushiony. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, pads. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A highwayman; a footpad. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The material with which anything is padded. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc. London Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. √21. ] 1. To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

As the men were paddling for their lives. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

While paddling ducks the standing lake desire. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paddled p. pr. & vb. n. Paddling 1. To pat or stroke amorously, or gently. [ Obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To be paddling palms and pinching fingers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pad; to tread upon; to trample. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To spank with a paddle or as if with a paddle; -- usually as a disciplinary punishment of children. [ PJC ]

5. To mix (a viscous liquid) by stirring or beating with a paddle. [ PJC ]

n. [ See Paddle, v. i. ] 1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle, such as that used in table tennis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. Deut. xxiii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. [ In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade. ] See Paddle staff (b), below. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Paddle beam (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam vessel. --
Paddle board. See Paddle, n., 3. --
Paddle shaft, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. --
Paddle staff. (a) A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole catchers. [ Prov. Eng. ] (b) A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; -- called also plow staff. [ Prov. Eng. ] --
Paddle steamer, a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels, in distinction from a screw propeller. --
Paddle wheel, the propelling wheel of a steam vessel, having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's length. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a wooden covering for the upper part of the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The lumpfish. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool) A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, paddles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted fr. parrock. See Parrock. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A small inclosure or park for sporting. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable. Evelyn. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An enclosure used for saddling and mounting horses prior to a race. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D. pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde. ] (Zool.) A toad or frog. Wyclif. “Loathed paddocks.” Spenser [ 1913 Webster ]

Paddock pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus Equisetum, especially Equisetum limosum and the fruiting stems of Equisetum arvense; -- called also padow pipe and toad pipe. See Equisetum. --
Paddock stone. See Toadstone. --
Paddock stool (Bot.), a toadstool. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten. ] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. “Such pady persons.” Digges (1585). “The paddy persons.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Paddies [ Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland. ] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually considered offensive. [ Obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay pādī. ] (Bot.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paddy bird. (Zool.) See Java sparrow, under Java. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any of several small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea, especially those belonging to the genus Thylogale.
Syn. -- pademelon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An enclosed truck used by police to transport prisoners.
Syn. -- patrol wagon, Black Maria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A little spade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]