a1572 J. Knox (1587) 207 One took him [sc. the idol] by the heeles & dading his head to the calsay, left dagon without head or handes.
1628 in P. H. Brown (1900) 2nd Ser. II. 328 [He] punsed him with his hands and feete, and dadded him vpoun the eyes.
c1700 in J. Maidment (1868) 349 We'll tak their gaytlings by the spauld, And dad them to the stanes.
1718 A. Ramsay ii. 15 Then took his Bonnet to the Bent, And dadded aff the Glar.
1722 A. Ramsay iv. 34 This said, he dadded too the Yet.
1787 ‘J. Clinker’ 5 I dang the de'il out o' them, and dadded them like a wet dish-clout.
1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Apr. 505 Twa stout young fellows daudin ane anither about..wi' their neives.
1828 D. M. Moir xvii. 247 Dadding the end of his staff on the ground.
1843 J. Ballantine 10 The half open door, dauded to wi' a dirl.
1849 T. Carlyle Let. 2 Sept. in (1995) XXIV. 210 Nervous system all ‘dadded about’ by Coach travel.
1883 24 514/1 He..dodded oor heids down on the desk.
1890 A. J. Armstrong 142 Slap an' dad her as I like, it only mak's her waur.
1914 J. S. Angus 31 He daddet it doon.
1948 R. Hamilton in (1976) X. 448/3 [Midlothian] ‘To dad the hands’ is to beat them against the sides to restore circulation.
1990 J. Reid in J. A. Begg & J. Reid 51 He daudit the door near aff its hinges.
2008 (Nexis) 29 Apr. 22 Betty McLaren, of South Shields, recalls that she and her brothers had the job of ‘dadding’ her father's pit clothes, beating them against the yard wall to get the coal dust out.
2015 I. McGregor in 87 27 Dinnae be sae cheeky or A'll dad yer lug!