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.