2. To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.
3. To pad; to tread upon; to trample. [Prov. Eng.]
PADDLE
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.)
Defn: A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
6. A paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing.