The highway, or a robber thereon; also a bed. Footpads; foot robbers. To go out upon the pad; to go out in order to commit a robbery.
·vi To rob on foot. II. Pad ·noun A footpath; a road. III. Pad ·vi To wear a path by walking. IV....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
, or pad-piece. In ship-building, a piece of timber placed on the top of a beam at its middle part...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdens instead of with a howdah for ...
·- The <<Puffin>>. ...
·noun A great talker. ...
A highwayman. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A footpad. ...
Horse stealers. ...
The highway. CANT. ...
See pad ...
See to beat the hoof. ...