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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paddle \Pad"dle\, v. i. [Prob. for pattle, and a dim. of pat,
v.; cf also E. pad to tread, Prov. G. paddeln padden, to
walk with short steps, to paddle, G. patschen to splash,
dash, dabble, F. patouiller to dabble, splash, fr patte a
paw. ?.]
1. To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing
strokes. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or
something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in
paddling a boat, etc
As the men were paddling for their lives.
--L'Estrange.
While paddling ducks the standing lake desire.
--Gay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paddle \Pad"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paddled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Paddling}]
1. To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.
To be paddling palms and pinching fingers. --Shak.
2. To propel with or as with a paddle or paddles.
3. To pad; to tread upon to trample. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paddle \Pad"dle\, n. [See {Paddle}, v. i.]
1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a
fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.
2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made
hence any short, broad blade, resembling that of a
paddle.
Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. --Deut.
xxiii. 13.
3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference
of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off
water; -- also called {clough}.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
6. A paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing.
7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.]
See {Paddle staff} (b), below. [Prov. Eng.]
{Paddle beam} (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers
supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam
vessel.
{Paddle board}. See {Paddle}, n., 3.
{Paddle box}, the structure inclosing the upper part of the
paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
{Paddle shaft}, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle
wheel of a steam vessel.
{Paddle staff}.
a A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole
catchers. [Prov. Eng.]
b A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; --
called also {plow staff}. [Prov. Eng.]
{Paddle steamer}, a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels,
in distinction from a screw propeller.
{Paddle wheel}, the propelling wheel of a steam vessel,
having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and
revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's
length.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
paddle
n 1: the racket used in paddle tennis or table tennis
2: a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel
3: a flat board used to administer physical punishment
4: a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe
or small boat
v 1: propel with a paddle
2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: {dabble},
{splash around}]
3: swim like a dog; in shallow water
4: walk unsteadily, as of small children [syn: {toddle}, {coggle},
{totter}, {dodder}, {waddle}]
5: give a spanking to subject to a spanking [syn: {spank}, {larrup}]
6: stir with a paddle
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
Paddle
A language for transformations leading from specification to
program. Used in the {POPART} programming environment
generator.
(1994-11-30)
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