Chapter Package to Pagan of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Paddock
(Pad"dock) n. [OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D. pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.] (Zoöl.) A toad or frog. Wyclif. "Loathed paddocks." Spenser

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

Paddock
(Pad"dock), n. [Corrupted fr. parrock. See Parrock.]

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

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

Paddy
(Pad"dy) a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges "The paddy persons." Motley.

Paddy
(Pad"dy), n.; pl. Paddies [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

Paddy
(Pad"dy), n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay padi.] (Bot.) Unhusked rice; — commonly so called in the East Indies.

Paddy bird. (Zoöl.) See Java sparrow, under Java.

Padelion
(Pad`e*li"on) n. [F. pas de lionon's foot.] (Bot.) A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.

Padella
(||Pa*del"la) n. [It., prop., a pan, a friing pan, fr. L. patella a pan.] A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, — used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle.

Pademelon
(Pad`e*mel"on) n. (Zoöl.) See Wallaby.

Padesoy
(Pad"e*soy`) n. See Paduasoy.

Padge
(Padge), n. (Zoöl.) The barn owl; — called also pudge, and pudge owl. [Prov. Eng.]

Padishah
(||Pa`di*shah") n. [Per. padishah. Cf. Pasha.] Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; — a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia.

Padlock
(Pad"lock`) n. [Perh. orig., a lock for a pad gate, or a gate opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or pannier, and from Prov. E. pad a pannier. Cf. Pad a path, Paddler.]

1. A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, — used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.

2. Fig.: A curb; a restraint.

Padlock
(Pad"lock`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padlocked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Padlocking.] To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson.

Padnag
(Pad"nag`) n. [lst pad + nag.] An ambling nag. "An easy padnag." Macaulay.

Padow
(Pad"ow) n. (Zoöl.) A paddock, or toad.

Padow pipe. (Bot.) See Paddock pipe, under Paddock.