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Webster 1913 Edition

Pad

Pad

,
Verb.
T.
To travel upon foot; to tread.
[Obs.]
Padding
the streets for half a crown.
Somerville.

Pad

,
Verb.
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.]

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.
(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.
–
on the pad
,
receiving bribes; – of police officers.

Pad

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pad

PAD

, n.
1.
A foot path; a road. [Not now used.]
2.
An easy paced horse.
3.
A robber that infests the road on foot; usually called a foot- pad.

PAD

,
Noun.
A soft saddle, cushion or bolster stuffed with straw, hair or other soft substance.

PAD

,
Verb.
I.
To travel slowly.
1.
To rob on foot.
2.
To beat a way smooth and level.

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