PAD

vi to rob on foot.

2. pad ·noun a footpath; a road.

3. pad ·vi to wear a path by walking.

4. pad ·noun an easy-paced horse; a padnag.

5. pad ·vi to travel heavily or slowly.

6. pad ·noun the act of robbing on the highway.

7. pad ·noun a floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.

8. pad ·noun a cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.

9. pad ·vt to imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.

10. pad ·vt to travel upon foot; to tread.

11. pad ·noun a soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.

12. pad ·noun a soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, ·etc.

13. pad ·noun a piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.

14. pad ·vt to stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.

15. pad ·noun a measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.

xvi. pad ·noun a cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.

xvii. pad ·noun a robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman;

— usually called a footpad.

xviii. pad ·noun a stuffed guard or protection; ·esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.

xix. pad ·noun 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.