4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
PAD
Pad, v. t.
Defn: To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.]
Padding the streets for half a crown. Somerville.
PAD
Pad, v. 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
Pad, n. Etym: [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.