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pad (păd), n. [D. pad. √21. See Path.] 1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. Addison
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An abbot on an ambling pad. Tennyson.
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3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad. Gay. Byron.
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4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
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Pad, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.]
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Padding the streets for half a crown. Somerville.
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Pad, v. i. 1. To travel heavily or slowly. Bunyan.
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2. To rob on foot. [Obs.] Cotton Mather.
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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.
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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.
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3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
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4. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
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5. (Zo&ö;l.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
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6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
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7. (Med.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
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8. (Naut.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. W. C. Russel.
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9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles. [Eng.] Simmonds.
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10. A dwelling place, usually an apartment; one's living quarters; as, come over to my pad to watch the game. [Slang]
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11. A sum of money paid as a bribe to police officers, shared among them; also, the list of such officers receiving such a bribe.
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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. -- on the pad, receiving bribes; -- of police officers.
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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.
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2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. Ure.
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