Pad (?), n. [D. pad. &root;21. See Path.] 1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
Addison
An abbot on an ambling pad.
Tennyson.
3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.
Gay. Byron.
4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
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Pad, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.]
Padding the streets for half a crown.
Somerville.
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Pad, v. i. 1. To travel heavily or slowly.
Bunyan.
2. To rob on foot. [Obs.]
Cotton Mather.
3. To wear a path by walking. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pad, n. [Perh. akin to pod.] 1. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
2. 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.
3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
4. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
5. Zool. A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
7. Med. A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
8. Naut. A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
W. C. Russel.
9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles. [Eng.]
Simmonds.
Pad cloth, a saddlecloth; a housing. -- Pad saddle. See def. 3, above. -- Pad tree Harness Making, a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad.
Knight.
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Pad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n. Padding.] 1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
2. Calico Printing To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.
Ure.
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