Pad

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To rob on foot.

II. Pad ·noun A footpath; a road.

III. Pad ·vi To wear a path by walking.

IV. Pad ·noun An easy-paced horse; a padnag.

V. Pad ·vi To travel heavily or slowly.

VI. Pad ·noun The act of robbing on the highway.

VII. Pad ·noun A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.

VIII. Pad ·noun A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.

IX. Pad ·vt To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.

X. Pad ·vt To travel upon foot; to Tread.

XI. Pad ·noun A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.

XII. Pad ·noun A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, ·etc.

XIII. Pad ·noun A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.

XIV. Pad ·vt To Stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.

XV. Pad ·noun A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.

XVI. Pad ·noun A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.

XVII. Pad ·noun A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman;

— usually called a footpad.

XVIII. Pad ·noun A stuffed guard or protection; ·esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.

XIX. Pad ·noun 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.

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