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PADDLING
Etymology 1
Verb
paddling
present participle of paddle
Etymology 2
Noun
paddling (plural paddlings)
The act of using a paddle.
An act of corporal punishment consisting of spanking the buttocks with a paddle.
A collective noun for ducks when they are on water.
Source: Wiktionary
PADDLE
Pad"dle, v. i. Etym: [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.
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.]
Pad"dle, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
6. A paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing.
7. Etym: [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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