2. A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable. Evelyn.
Cowper.
Pad"dy (?), a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.] Low; mean; boorish;
vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy persons."
Motley.
Pad"dy, n.; pl. Paddies (#). [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar
saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
Pad"dy, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay pd.] (Bot.) Unhusked
rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
Paddy bird. (Zoˆl.) See Java sparrow, under Java.
Pad`e*li"on (?), n. [F. pas de lionon's foot.] (Bot.) A plant with
pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.
||Pa*del"la (?), n. [It., prop., a pan, a friing pan, fr. L. patella a
||pan.] A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a
||wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's,
||in Rome. Called also padelle.
Pad`e*mel"on (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Wallaby.
Pad"e*soy` (?), n. See Paduasoy.
Padge, n. (Zoˆl.) The barn owl; -- called also pudge, and pudge owl.
[Prov. Eng.]
||Pa`di*shah" (?), n. [Per. pdishh. Cf. Pasha.] Chief ruler; monarch;
||sovereign; -- a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of
||Persia.
Pad"lock` (?), n. [Perh. orig., a lock for a pad gate, or a gate
opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or pannier, and from
Prov. E. pad a pannier. Cf. Pad a path, Paddler.] 1. A portable lock
with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it
can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for
fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through
the links of a chain, etc.