Wade

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Woad.

II. Wade ·noun The act of Wading.

III. Wade ·vi To Go; to move forward.

IV. Wade ·vt To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.

V. Wade ·vi To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, ·etc.

VI. Wade ·vi Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.

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