pad
pad (pad) , noun
[Dutch pad. r21. See Path.]
1.
A footpath; a road. [Obsolete or Provincial English]
2.
An easy-paced horse; a padnag. — Addison
An abbot on an ambling pad.
3.
A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad. — Gay
4.
The act of robbing on the highway. [Obsolete]
Pad , transitive verb
To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obsolete]
Padding the streets for half a crown.
Pad , intransitive verb
1.
To travel heavily or slowly. — Bunyan
2.
To rob on foot. [Obsolete] — Cotton Mather
3.
To wear a path by walking. [Provincial English]
Pad , noun
[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.
(Zoology) 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.
(Medicine) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
8.
(Nautical) 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. [English] — Simmonds
10.
A dwelling place, usually an apartment; one's living quarters; as, come over to my pad to watch the game. [Slang]
11.
A sum of money paid as a bribe to police officers, shared among them;
the list of such officers receiving such a bribe.
Collocations (4)
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.
Pad , transitive verb
1.
To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
2.
(Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. — Ure