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paddlen.1 Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin padela. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < post-classical Latin padela, padula (14th cent. in British sources in sense 1), of unknown origin; in spite of the chronology the Latin word may perhaps represent a borrowing < Middle English. Compare slightly earlier pattle n. Perhaps compare later spaddle n.Dutch peddel (second half of the 19th cent.), German Paddel (second half of the 19th cent.), Swedish paddel (second half of the 19th cent.), all in sense 2, are < English. Italian regional (Venice) padela (also paela ) caulking iron, is unrelated (probably a derivative of pala shovel < classical Latin pāla spade: see pala n.2). With the β. forms compare Scots daidle (variant of daddle v.1: see daidle v.), saidle (variant of saddle n.1), etc. I. A spadelike implement. the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough-staff the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > mattock, hoe, or hack > hoe α. 1407 in J. E. T. Rogers (1882) (modernized text) III. 545 Padell [for plough]. 1556–7 in R. Adam (1899) II. 69 Ane greit irne padill to padill the kirk. 1560 Deut. xxiii. 13 Thou shalt haue a paddle among thy weapons [1611 upon thy weapon], and when thou woldest sit downe without, thou shalt dig therewith. 1613 L. Bayly (ed. 3) 318 They should digge a hole with a paddle, and couer their excrements. 1679 C. Ness Ded. 9 To turn it as easily as the ploughman doth his water-course with his paddle. 1733 J. Tull xxiii. 181 Him that follows the Drill, whose chief Business is, with a Paddle to keep all the Shares and Tines from being clogged up by the Dirt sticking to them. 1801 M. Edgeworth 99 (Gloss.) Paddle, a small tool, with which weeds are pulled up. 1850 11 i. 141 Thistles removed by women with paddles. 1900 17 Sept. 7/2 By paddle I mean a small, sharp, spade-like instrument, with a handle long enough to serve the purpose of a walking-stick. 2002 (Nexis) May 96 The dark, rich Midwestern earth clung to the iron blades, requiring farmers to stop every few steps to scrape off the soil with a paddle. II. A spade-shaped oar, or something having a similar function. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > paddle c1612 W. Strachey (1953) i. vi. 82 In steed of oares they vse paddles and sticks with which they will row faster than we in our bardges. 1677 I. Mather 45 The Indians pursued them with another Canoo... He with his paddle cleft one of the Indians heads, but the rest took him. 1712 E. Cooke 336 Short Paddles, made like an Oar at each End. 1750 B. Doolittle 17 Lieutenant Sergeant and four more went out in this Path to get some Timber for Oars and Paddles. 1837 W. Irving II. 276 An Indian..plying the paddle, soon shot across the river. 1860 J. G. Whittier 11 Let the Indian's paddle play On the unbridged Piscataqua! 1914 M. A. Russell xxx. 383 She dipped the paddle into the water and turned the punt towards home. 1990 Aug. 10/1 Learn to build a 16-foot Chestnut Pal wood-and-canvas canoe, and a beavertail paddle. 3. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > paddle-wheel > one of boards of society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > driven by water > parts of society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > paddle-wheel 1685 W. Petty in E. Fitzmaurice (1895) iv. 122 On each end of the Axis..a wheele of about 7 foot diameter, with 12 Stemms issuing out of each wheele and a Paddle or Oar at the end of each Stem of 3 feet square. 1685 W. Petty in E. Fitzmaurice (1895) iv. 122 To make this Axis and the Paddle wheels turn round, so as the Paddles may take hold of the water in the nature of Oars one after another successively. 1698 T. Savery 20 This Engine is the least lyable to be injured by a Shot..: for tho' it break some of the Paddles, you suffer no inconvenience. 1758 W. Emerson (ed. 2) Gloss. 278 Paddles,..The laddle boards on the edge of a waterwheel. 1784 S. T. Wood 16 A wheel and axis is made to revolve, which in its revolution carry with it vanes, leavers or paddles, that are fixed to the extremity of the axis. 1833 X. 549 Soon after this [sc. 1787], Mr. Miller built a boat with two keels, between which he introduced a propelling paddle; and Mr. William Symington of Falkirk applied the steam~engine to it. 1841 C. Dickens i. v. 106 A great steam ship, beating the water..with her heavy paddles. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ (1891) 154 A stately ocean steamer, with throbbing screw or mighty paddle. 1957 L. T. C. Rolt xiii. 237 They appear with different masts and rigs; sometimes with both screw and paddles. 2003 (Nexis) 16 Jan. 1 d Water will tumble from the paddles of a wooden water mill as it cranks into a pond. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by paddles > paddle-steamer 1897 23 Sept. 5/3 The first steamers to cross the Atlantic were paddles. There were even paddles in the Royal Navy. the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimming equipment 1823 J. Badcock 208 The paddles, which are fastened to the soles of the feet or boots,..are made of block-tin four or five inches wide below. the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > limb > fin or flipper > appendage serving as purpose of 1835 W. Kirby II. xvii. 143 Paddles, by which term the natatory apparatus of the Chelonian reptiles, and of the marine Saurians..are distinguished. 1871 G. Hartwig ii. 14 Arms..resembling the paddle of the turtle. 1894 ‘G. Egerton’ 33 The twelve weeks' ducklings..with..such dainty paddles. a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) I. xi. 202 In the swimming-crab (Portunus) the same appendages are flattened out into paddles. 1994 2 July 5/1 The pliosaur is one of the dinosaur family known as plesiosaurs, with its limb bones formed into paddles and teeth up to seven inches long. III. Extended uses. society > occupation and work > equipment > brick-making equipment > [noun] > for mixing clay society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > other equipment society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > stirring or puddling equipment 1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri App. A Padle to stir and move the Ashes and Sand in the Calcar. 1753 Suppl. Paddle, in glass-making, the name of an instrument with which the workman stirs about the sand and ashes in the calcar. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ 460 The clay..is then cut into small pieces with a paddle, not much unlike a spade. 1868 F. H. Joynson 73 The metal has now to be kept constantly stirred by the puddler with an iron tool called a paddle. 1885 C. T. Davis xviii. 356 The motion of the wheels causes the stock to move up in front, pass under the wheels, and down on the concave bottom to the back of the vat, and thus by means of the paddles, and the constant changing position of the stock a thorough and gentle agitation is maintained. 1964 H. Hodges vii. 109 Deeply fissured rock could sometimes be quarried..by inserting a lever..or paddle. 1984 iv. 129 If your mixer doesn't have a dough paddle, knead in the last remnants of flour by hand. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > other parts of mills the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice > paddle, slide, or door in 1795 J. Phillips (rev. ed.) 361 The water in the lock is drawn off..by means of the paddles in the gates. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ 158 A paddle, regulating the quantity of corn to be delivered to the mill, and by raising or lowering which, a larger or smaller proportion of grain may be furnished. 1837 J. Bennett in N. Whittock et al. 202 The lower gates are loosened, and the paddles of the upper gates are gradually raised, which admit the water to rush into the chamber of the lock. 1930 A. P. Herbert xi. 145 Each took from his belt the shining iron ‘windlass’ or handle which every boatman carries, and went quickly to the far end to raise the ‘paddles’ and fill the lock. 1991 June 51 The lock keeper clanked the paddles open and..their unhappy boat, canal-weary and festooned with fender, inched her way towards open sea. 8. society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating with stick, rod, or cane > instance of society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > ferule or flat piece of wood 1828 Cherokee Phœnix 10 Apr. in J. R. Bartlett (ed. 3) at Cobb Such negro..shall receive fifteen cobbs or paddles for every such offence. 1856 F. L. Olmsted 281 The paddle is a large, thin ferule of wood, in which many small holes are bored; when a blow is struck, these holes, from the rush and partial exhaustion of air in them, act like diminutive cups, and the continued application of the instrument..produce[s] precisely such a result as that attributed to the strap. 1977 30 May 27/1 One of the boys..was said to have been struck more than twenty times with a paddle. 1993 P. Falconer (BNC) 139 She swung the paddle with such enthusiasm that it landed with mind-boggling force across his fundament. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > implement for beating clothes 1884 ‘C. E. Craddock’ 3 The garment, laid across a branch and beaten white with a wooden paddle, would flutter hilariously in the wind. 1886 36 Battling-Stick is the name of the ‘paddle or mallet’ with which the clothes are battled. 1993 May 84/2 Once every few weeks friends help her wash all 21 feet with water.., pounding with laundry paddles. 2003 (Nexis) 24 June [Korea's] inclination for cleanliness is well reflected in its culture, such as using a wooden paddle to pound out dirt from clothes. 1890 Paddle,..the long flat snout of the paddle-fish. 1961 E. S. Herald 69/1 Under the paddle there are four very small barbels suggestive of the sturgeon family. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. xiii. 213/1 The function of the rostral paddle, which accounts for one-third of the body length in adults, remains poorly understood. It has been erroneously suggested that paddlefish use their paddle to dig in the bottom for food. 10. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > instrument for hitting ball 1922 5 Sept. 14/1 A wooden paddle about three-eighths of an inch thick, 14 inches long and 7½ wide, is used instead of a racquet and the play is on a court about 13½ feet by 30. 1935 B. S. Mason & E. D. Mitchell xxi. 388 Paddle Ball... This is an excellent game played with a paddle-tennis ball and paddle. 1974 E. Tidyman vi. 80 He..accepted a challenge to play table tennis..offering the doctor instruction on the proper way to hold his paddle. 1993 Aug. 27/3 Joon..takes to the streets to direct traffic with a ping-pong paddle. society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > control devices > paddle 1977 (Nexis) 17 Jan. 34 d At about the same time, Atari put out a coin-operated paddle game called Pong. 1980 Dec. 87/1 Like most TV games, this one has a pair of paddle controllers. 1985 Feb. 124/4 Personal Peripherals..has acquired TG products, makers of joysticks, paddles and related products. 1996 (Nexis) 4 Aug. g3 Pong was based on ping-pong, the purpose to hit a small white dot (the ball) with a line (the paddle) controlled by a dial or lever. the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > connection, contact > [noun] > electrode 1957 33 538 Microscopic sections were taken from the sites [on the heart] where the paddles were applied. 1985 1 May 7/1 Doctors and nurses can also use the ‘shock paddles’ attached to the monitor, to stop the ineffectual fluttering of the heart muscle sometimes seen in a cardiac arrest. 1994 E. Heron v. 112 Nealy immediately greased the debrillator paddles and charged the machine. 2016 J. Zafra 97 The paddles are pressed to her chest. There is the faintest whomp, then nothing. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > [noun] > devices using solar radiation 1959 13 Aug. 247/1 The four ‘paddles’ recharge the satellite's batteries by converting sunlight into electricity. 1966 17 Oct. 36 The two solar paddles each extend 19 feet from the Agena and together provide 15 kilowatts. 1996 32 49/2 The elastic deformation of large solar array paddles or large antennas, which are mounted on satellites and space stations, should be treated as a function of time and two or three spatial variables. 1980 W. C. Ketchum v. 53 If you are successful, the number on the bidding paddle is set down on the house records opposite the number of the lot sold. 1989 4 Oct. 11/6 The wife registered for a paddle (the numbered baton used in bidding) under one name, while the husband registered under another. 1992 A. Kurzweil p. v People outside the salesroom..presume dinner jackets, numbered wooden paddles, and phone lines from Tokyo and Geneva. 2003 (Nexis) 6 Mar. 24 w There is no particular strategy to bidding... Just keep your paddle up and make eye contact with the auctioneer if you want an item. Compounds C1. a. (a) (In sense 2.) a1820 J. R. Drake (1853) 155 He sculled with all his might and main, And followed wherever the sturgeon led... Then he dropped his paddle-blade. 1891 Sept. 28 Leaving space enough between the paddle-blades to admit his head. 2001 J. Waterman i. 64 The syndrome is caused when undertrained or dehydrated kayakers push poorly designed paddle blades until the sheaths swell inside their arm tendons. 1899 E. J. Chapman Canad. Summer-night in 68 With noiseless paddle-dip we glide. society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > sailor on boat powered by paddles 1863 A. Robb i. 19 We hear the song of the paddlemen. 1987 A. Tutuola xxii. 114 And it was with great difficulty that the other traders who had landed their own canoes safely on the port rescued pauper, his paddle-men and a few of the passengers. 1857 D. P. Thompson 152 The canoe was headed round, and, by the easy and powerful paddle-strokes of the..old man, sent bounding over the waters of the glassy lake. 1895 Sept. 555/2 Two Buddumas urged the canoe forward with gentle paddle strokes. 1992 Apr. 26/3 This again shows the danger of importing paddle strokes from competition into recreational paddling. 1869 Feb. 107/2 The saragasso, a species of seaweed, with its bulb-like stems, and long paddle-shaped leaves, ridged with crinkled veins, lay everywhere on the sand, like fine amber. 1882 W. Whitman (new ed.) 56 The beaver pats the mud with his paddle-shaped tail. 2003 (Nexis) 25 Jan. N. sylvestris, a plant that looks as though it's walked straight out of the jungle, with vast, paddle-shaped leaves. (b) (In sense 3.) 1839 R. S. Robinson 87 The ends of the paddle arms pass through the centres. 1865 T. Main (ed. 5) 139 There is a boss on the end of the paddle-crank, which..allows the crank-pin to escape from the boss. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1594/2 The arrangement of the paddle-cranks is intended to equally divide the weight of the controlling frame between the paddle-wheel and the paddle-wheel guard. (c) (In sense 6.) 1868 F. H. Joynson 58 The iron..at a certain stage is collected at the ends of the ‘paddle’ tools into balls or lumps. 1998 (Nexis) Feb. 89 Cookie dough might be mixed with one spiral and one paddle tool, each on its own rotating shaft. 1889 27 July 52/3 He was in command of the paddle-sloop Argus. 1909 Dec. 93/2 The ‘paddle punt’ is about 14 ft. long, strongly built on the Deal model. 1923 (Admiralty) II. viii. 152 For long tows at sea the screw tug is the most efficient, as owing to the propellers being totally submerged they are not affected by the sea to the same extent as paddle tugs. 1955 6 June 6/6 Experience has shown that paddle tugs are more efficient than screw-driven tugs for work in confined basins because of their great manoeuvrability and power. 1996 Autumn 9/1 The Champlain Kayak Club and the Lake Champlain Committee held a celebratory flotilla of paddlecraft last summer. C2. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > other bat and ball games > [noun] 1930 12 Feb. 8/5 For another thirty minutes the gym will be open for handball and paddle-ball play. 1962 14 Nov. 3/6 Games of..paddle-ball (Rugby fives with table tennis bats). 1973 20 May 2/2 Our daughter..gets blisters on her soles after a hard game of tennis or paddle ball. 1995 3 June h7 [Baseball] evolved gradually from the English games of rounders, cricket and paddleball. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > paddle-wheel > beam supporting 1839 I. K. Brunel Rep. 12 June in R. R. Sellman (1971) ix. 250 This includes..all those extras which were applied to the ‘Great Western’, and also the paddle beams and paddle-wheels. 1869 E. J. Reed xv. 278 Paddle-boxes are usually built upon a framing, of which the paddlebeams form the athwartship, and the spring-beams the longitudinal boundaries. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > paddle-wheel > one of boards of society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > surfboard > types of 1785 J. Rumsey Let. 10 Mar. in G. Washington (1992) Confederation Ser. II. 427 I can tell what Quantity of paddle Boards a head, to Each tun, the Boat Caryes, is nesasary to go up [stream]. 1830 H. Kater & D. Lardner xiv. 179 In the paddle-wheel..the power is the resistance which the water offers to the motion of the paddle~boards. 1932 3 Oct. 1/6 Blake crossed the channel on a paddle board in five hours and twenty-three minutes. 1966 7 39 Malibu..was also the birthplace of the ‘kook box’, that monstrosity known as the poor man's paddle board. 1997 (Nexis) May 82 The paddle wheel itself, surprisingly made mostly of pine and oak, is 30 ft. wide, 28 ft. in diameter and holds 18 rows of paddle boards. 2001 Jan.–Feb. 45/1 Paddleboards, it turns out, are longish, open-ocean surfboards. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by paddles 1854 J. D. Canning 6 These noise-making times, When dams and mills and paddle-boats And other craft the water floats. 1891 10 13 She was a paddle-boat, built of wood, and was 207 feet long. 1991 M. Duffy (1992) 59 ‘I'm old enough to remember paddle boats on the Mississippi,’ Tucker says as they go down the gangplank. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > paddle-wheel > casing of 1833 1 June 140/2 The captain now takes his station on the paddle-box. 1908 G. B. Shaw 31 Dec. (1972) II. 823 Charlotte wrecked it [sc. the car] the first day. The professional kept her in countenance by knocking off the paddle-box against the gate. 1992 S. Holloway xx. 171/2 The troopship, a paddle steamer, was compelled by the falling tide to move into deeper water..when the fire float was fast alongside her paddle-box. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > forming upper part of paddle-box when inverted ?1847 R. E. Egerton-Warburton On Loss of Avenger in (1877) xxi. 144 (note) The ship struck on a reef of rocks... She heeled over on her broadside, the mainmast fell across the paddle-box boat. 1872 R. B. Forbes 7 Form similar to paddle-box boat, flat floor, raking stem and stern. 2002 (Nexis) 4 June The service was performed by the crews of the Captain's gig and one of the paddle-box boats of the Beagle. 1991 3 Dec. c6/1 This high-rise style is done with big, recycled rollers, Mitchell's Fast Drying Sculpting Spray and Paddle Brush. 2002 B July 34/2 Dry each section using a paddle brush to smooth. If your hair is extra-curly, use a large round barrel brush. 1890 (at cited word) Paddle-crab, a crab whose legs are flattened like the blade of a paddle and used for swimming; a swimming-crab. 1979 Sept. 3 The common swimming crab (Ovalipes catharus) is also known as the ‘paddle crab’ or ‘sand crab’. 1995 104 256 (title) Avoidance of post-coital cannibalism in the paddle crab Ovalipes catharus. 1890 4227/3 Paddle-end, a feature or element of ornamental design, consisting of an oval enlargement at the end of a line or band resembling the handle of a spoon. 1627 W. Hawkins i. v. 15 I meane the swannes, or gooses broad paddle feete, the naturall prime patterne of the artificiall oare. 1852 W. Beschke 38 Of course it would be absurd..if a frog or water-fowl had boards instead of paddle-feet. 1950 2 Jan. 98/2 Murray was a paddlefoot in Europe. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien ii. ix. 399 It wasn't a log, for it had paddle-feet. 2001 (Nexis) 12 Nov. 1 a Martin said he didn't know why a ‘paddle foot’ lieutenant was on his plane, and really didn't care at the time. 1875 E. H. Knight II. 1592/1 Paddle-hole. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > rotary wing aircraft > [noun] > with rotors on horizontal axes 1933 2 Feb. 107/2 Our Berlin correspondent indicates that the Rohrbach ‘paddle plane’ has the circumferential speed of the paddles approximately equal to the top speed. 1950 (B.S.I.) i. 30 Cyclogyro (paddle-plane). 1890 (at cited word) Paddle-row, the paddle or ctenophore of a ctenophoran. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > paddle-wheel > shaft of 1815 R. Dickinson (1855) 2 A small pinnion on the paddle shaft. 1999 (Nexis) 28 Apr. b2 Horses or mules provided the power through tread wheels geared to paddle shafts. In 1810, the first steam-driven boat appeared. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by paddles > paddle-steamer 1848 29 Apr. 249/4 Two war steamers, the Rattler and Alecto, the one a screw and the other a paddle steamer, were lashed together stern to stern. 1886 8 26/1 The Ripple, [a] paddle steamer of the river steamer type. 1991 Winter 18 Crowded Mississippi paddle steamers, right out of Mark Twain, also ply the busy waterfront. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > other types of tennis > [noun] 1922 5 Sept. 14/1 The game is called paddle tennis and is designed for the benefit of youngsters in the big cities who have not the space at their disposal to enable them to play on regulation courts. 1944 F. G. Menke (rev. ed.) 490 Frank P. Beal..originated Paddle Tennis in 1924 to provide children with a game that would teach them the rudiments of tennis. 1994 P. Grescoe 213 The girls and I went swimming, in both pools, played paddle tennis, golf and shuffleboard. society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > for washing hides 1883 R. Haldane 2nd Ser. 373/1 The skins are now a second time washed in the ‘paddle-tumbler’, first in cold and then in tepid water. 1891 S. P. Sadtler (1900) x. 329 The tanning was formerly done with sumach and gambier, either in revolving paddle ‘tumblers’..or according to the English method. society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > for washing hides 1902 I. 100 Goatskins, being of tight texture, may be satisfactorily tanned in drums, but better results are gotten when paddle vats are used. 1903 L. A. Flemming 23 Sheepskins are also very satisfactorily tanned with one-bath chrome liquors in paddle-vats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). paddlen.2 Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pad n.1, -le suffix 1. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably < pad n.1 + -le suffix 1. Compare German regional (Low German) Haffpadde , Haffpodde , in the same sense, literally ‘sea-toad’ (1624 or earlier; < Haff haff n. + Padde , Podde pad n.1). Sc. National Dict. at paidle records the word as still in use in Shetland, Caithness, Kincardineshire, and Fife in 1965. Chiefly Scottish and English regional ( northern). the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cyclopteridae (lump-fishes) > cyclopterus lumpus (lump-fish) 1589 J. Rider 1722 Lomp, or paddell, orbis. 1591 Aberdeen Rec. in W. Cadenhead (1866) 64 Partins and paddillis, with other sort of schell fish. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. 428 The Lompe, Paddle or sea-Owle. 1792 J. Sinclair III. 509 Prawns, small rock and ware cod, gurnet, turbot, and padles are found. 1805 G. Barry iii. i. 295 The Lump Fish (cyclopterus lumpus..), here denominated the Paddle, frequents the harbours and sand-banks. ?1838 1 No. 6. 174 The Paidle spawns towards the end of March. 1882 (new ed.) Paddle-cock, a name given in the north of Scotland to the lump-fish. 1902 May 277/2 The dorsal ridge somewhat resembles a cock's comb and is probably the origin of the name ‘paidle-cock’. 1949 Mar.–Apr. 8 Perhaps too a great warty paedel—the Lumpsucker or ‘Sea Hen’—will be seen grounded on a sandbank. 1988 G. Lamb Paddle, the lumpsucker fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). paddlen.3Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: paddle v.1 Etymology: < paddle v.1 With sense 1 perhaps compare earlier puddle n. 2b. the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss 1642 D. Rogers 865 That paddle and adoe which you have made to soder and play the Hypocrite. the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking through liquid 1866 W. Gregor (Philol. Soc.) 121 The twa bairns keepit a paidle..in the lint-cobble, catchin' wattir-horse. 1896 A. M. Bisset 188 But woe to the imp that..damm'd up the burn for a paiddle or wade. 1942 ‘N. Shute’ v. 106 Wouldn't you like to take your shoes off and have a paddle, then? 1992 (Air Canada) Spring 4/4 Take a midnight stroll on soft, supple sands, then rise early for a pre-dawn paddle or swim in Dickenson Bay. Compounds 1930 14 Feb. 195/2 He saw that these spaces were..empty, and he resolved that some..of them should be filled; hence the goal-posts and paddle-ponds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). paddlen.4Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: paddle v.2 society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [noun] > paddling society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > types of rowing race > actions society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [phrase] > with easy rowing society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [adverb] > with easy rowing 1754 A. Henday (1907) 325 Othenume Lake is a good day's paddle either way; and the woods around it are tall and well grown timber. 1784 337 We have had two Pedlars paddling about from Lake to Lake within one Day's Paddle of our place. 1861 T. Hughes I. ii. 20 An old hand just going out for a gentle paddle. 1897 13 Mar. 6/5 The practice consisted of a paddle down to the Hurlingham and back..to the Leander Hard..stopping short of Hammersmith, and coming back at the paddle to Putney. 1922 Apr. 21/1 I was on my way up the river with an Indian and bark canoe and a heavy paddle ahead of us. 1992 Mar. 100/3 Michael Poole..traded his camera one summer for a canoe and a three-month, 1,000-kilometre paddle down the Inside Passage between Vancouver Island and the mainland. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > first in race 1906 4 July 5/1 Little more than a paddle-over for the Cambridge men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). paddlev.1 Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pad v.1, -le suffix 3. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < pad v.1 (although this is first attested slightly later) + -le suffix 3; compare German regional (Low German) paddeln to tramp about ( < padden to walk, kick, wade (see pad v.1) + -eln -le suffix 3). Compare earlier puddle v., and also poddle v. Earlier currency is perhaps implied by α. forms at badling n.2With sense 3 compare earlier piddle v. 1. I. Senses relating to dabbling or play. 1. the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > through a liquid 1530 J. Palsgrave 651/1 I paddyll in the myre, as duckes do or yonge chyldren, Je pestille. I pray the, se howe yonder lytell boye padleth in the myre,..pestille en la boue. 1611 R. Cotgrave Patouiller, to slabber; to padle, or dable in with the feet; to stirre vp and downe, and trouble, or make foule, by stirring. 1655 T. Fuller ii. 95 Could those infernal Fiends..take any Pleasure..by padling here in Puddles. 1706 (new ed.) To Paddle, to move the Water with Hands or Feet, to dabble. 1757 W. Thompson 21 Tars whose Stomachs are not very squeamish, and who can bear to paddle their Fingers in stinking Slush. 1781 W. Cowper 499 Ducks paddle in the pond before the door. 1816 W. Scott I. xi. 254 Paddling in a pool among the rocks. 1857 T. Hughes viii. 223 Tom..was sitting in his shirt paddling with his feet in the river. 1880 W. S. Gilbert i Suppose we take off our shoes and stockings and paddle. 1950 W. O. Douglas viii. 104 I paddled with my new water wings, watching the other boys and trying to learn by aping them. 1999 C. Dolan (2000) iv. 57 They sat beside the boat pond, and paddled their feet and ankles down through the crisp pokes and Coke tins. 1621 F. Quarles viii That take delight To bathe, and paddle in the blood of those Whom jealousies..oppose. 1635 F. Quarles i. Invoc. 2 Sinfull man, that drink'st full draughts, wherein Thy Childrens leprous fingers, scurf'd with Sin, Have padled. 1695 J. Collier 73 An odd sort of Bog for Fancy to paddle in. 1822 16 Mar. 1/4 You had better let politics alone, and not always be paddling in hot water, or you will get yourself into a hobble I guess. 1866 A. C. Swinburne Pref. p. v Boys and girls who paddled in rhyme and dabbled in sentiment. 1994 Oct. 31/2 Their friendships were so deep you could paddle in them. 2. 1604 W. Shakespeare iii. iv. 169 And let him [sc. the King] for a paire of reechie kisses, Or padling in your necke with his damn'd fingers. Make you to rouell all this matter out. View more context for this quotation 1688 T. D'Urfey iii. iv. 47 Aur. 'Twill be Diversion to see how our Court Sparks will ogle her Countrey Dress. Mar. Yes, Madam, and paddle in the Palm of her Hand. 1746 22 He takes hold of her, and paddles in her Neck & Bosom. 1824 J. Galt i. vii Adonijah..paddled, as it were unconsciously, with his fingers on the gems. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing v, in Aug. 193/1 He..let her keep paddling on with his hand. 1867 G. A. Simcox 24 The seaweed curtains of my maiden bower Were shrivelled up with lightnings, rent with storms, And fiery fingers paddled in my hair. 1912 J. Jakobsen at Patl vb. To patl or sit patlin i' de aess. 2001 6 Jan. (Time Off section) 5/4 His hands absently paddling at her chest, much as I recall my onanistic cat Wolfgang stickily-treading his comfort blanket, his eyes open yet lightless. the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress [verb (transitive)] > finger idly, playfully, or fondly the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch or handle idly or restlessly a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 117 To be padling Palmes, and pinching Fingers, As now they are, and making practis'd Smiles As in a Looking-Glasse. View more context for this quotation 1622 in E. Arber 414 There was also a heap of sand..newly done. We might see how they had paddled it with their hands. a1938 G. Jones (1996) 184 The boy she paddled in her apron lap. the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] society > leisure > entertainment > mere amusement > do for mere amusement [verb (intransitive)] 1616 J. Deacon 62 Tell me in good sadnesse, whether it be not a superfluous waste, for any man of great place, to paddle forth yearely one hundred pounds at the least, for an hundred gallons of filthy fumes? a1620 J. Dyke (1640) 160 Hee may be padling with these playsters and poulteyses that men in the world seeke ease by. 1642 D. Rogers 176 Eating and drinking, padling in the world or about carnall objects. II. Senses relating to walking. 4. the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with short unsteady steps the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > beat down by 1606 N. Breton sig. Dd3 If..shee had runne padling about out of my sight, and by chaunce spotted any of her cloathes, or taken a fall, (and yet it was olde inough) beeing betwixt seauen and eight yeeres of age, to goe alone. 1755 C. Charke 18 Accordingly I paddled down Stairs, taking with me my Shoes, Stockings, and little Dimity Coat. 1792 R. Burns (1968) II. 652 He paidles out, an' he paidles in, An' he paidles late and early, O. c1817 J. Hogg III. 286 Old Sandy paddled away from the stable towards the house. 1861 W. M. Thackeray iii. 111 A hundred little children are paddling up and down the steps to St. James's Park. 1908 H. G. Wells iii. 72 Then he got up, paddled about, rearranged the ballast bags on the floor,..and turned over the maps on the locker. 1942 C. Barrett i. 14 You paddle along till you come to a blazed tree. 1998 (Nexis) 16 Sept. 58 I attempted to ignore the little pest, but he paddled along beside me and tried to impress me with the efficacy of the cosh. the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > support a child learning to walk 1828 W. Carr (ed. 2) Paddle, to support or lead a child by the hand in its first attempt to walk. 1895 16 Feb. 2/1 Alas! Poor Irish Church! Otho its helpt bi a state o crutches it con noather stan' nor walk. Aw would advise th' bishops to paddle it aot every fine day. 1989 17 45 Paddle, to hold a child's hand whilst walking. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with mud > dirty with muddy feet 1791 in J. Sinclair I. xvii. 140 The land is dunged and paddled by the sheep which eat the turnip. 1877 F. Ross et al. Paddle, to trample over, tread down. 1889 E. Peacock (ed. 2) (at cited word) Them bairns hes been paddlin yon clean floor fra end to end. a1919 W. B. Kendall (Cumbria County Archives, Barrow) (transcript of MS) Paddle, to trample underfoot. 1998 (Nexis) 7 Dec. 6 The public wouldn't like me sending sheep in to their garden to paddle it to death. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). paddlev.2Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: paddle n.1 Etymology: < paddle n.1 Compare slightly earlier pattle v. I. Senses relating to paddle n.1 I.the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > hoe 1556–7 in R. Adam (1899) II. 69 Ane greit irne padill to padill the kirk. 1628 in A. Morgan (1937) 118 The saids bursars ar appointed to paidell the staires and entrances to the scoolles. a1679 in J. G. Fyfe (1927) 125 I give [the salters]..that wiek they peaddill..ane dousen of leads of colles frie to themselfs. 1749 1 Nov. They..shall carefully raik and paddle up all manner of dung ashes nastiness and small stones that shall be found lying thereon. 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. To Paidle, to hoe. 1923 G. Watson 227 Paidle,..to hoe. II. Senses relating to paddle n.1 II. 2. society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [verb (intransitive)] > paddle 1637 T. Morton iii. x. 124 Together Bubbles and hee goes in the Canaw to Nut Island for brants..Bubble in hast and single handed, paddels out like a Cow in a cage. 1677 W. Hubbard 129 He accidentally met with a Canooe..turned adrift, by which means he padled by some shift or other so farr out of the harbour. 1719 D. Defoe 216 I saw them..row (or paddle as we call it) all away. 1751 J. Bartram 17 We borrowed a canoe, and paddled up the West branch. 1784 I. iv. 141 We had not long anchored, when two canoes paddled towards us. a1862 H. D. Thoreau (1864) 176 My companion trailed for trout as we paddled along. 1908 K. Grahame vii. 159 The two animals conducted him to the water's side, placed him securely between them in the bottom of the boat, and paddled off down the backwater. 1993 Summer 21/2 Gerry ruddered the canoe keeping it at right angles to the wave while I paddled lazily. society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [verb (intransitive)] > row > row in specific manner or style society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > take part in boat racing or race [verb (intransitive)] > actions in rowing race 1697 W. Dampier ix. 247 Because they would not be heard, they hal'd in their Oars, and paddled as softly as if they [etc.]. 1737 M. Green 369 He paddling by the scuffling crowd, Sees unconcern'd life's wager row'd. 1842 31 July 1/5 (Eton v. Westminster) The competitors paddled to their stations. 1866 18 Apr. 38 Paddled to Barnes Railway Bridge, and rowed hard from there back to Hammersmith. 1996 (Nexis) 3 Apr. They paddled to Chiswick Steps and back, never above 21 strokes per minute. 3. society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > propel boat by oars, paddle, or pole [verb (transitive)] > paddle society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > in specific type of craft or by specific propulsion 1716 B. Church 21 Mr. Church ordered the Canoo to be paddled off again. 1738 T. Smith 1 Sept. (1821) 28 I paddled myself to N. Casco, dined at Mr. Noice's and visited several families there. 1784 J. Belknap Jrnl. 30 July in (1876) 20 Our horses swam after a canoe, in which..an old woman paddled us over. 1838–9 F. A. Kemble (1863) 63 I met many of them paddling themselves singly in their slight canoes. 1875 T. W. Higginson iii. 17 The canoes were very light, and could be paddled with ease. 1903 ‘T. Collins’ iii. 121 The old fellow..paddled me across the river. 1942 June 703/2 The real discovery of New Guinea took place long before..daring Polynesians paddled their slender outrigger canoes along its forbidding shores. 1990 Mar. 35/2 I paddled my johnboat into the inner reaches of a shallow cove. society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)] 1828 J. Hall 261 It seems that they were not so well skilled in navigation as the Lady of the Lake, who ‘paddled her own canoe’ very dexterously. 1854 S. T. Bolton (song) i Where'er your lot may be, Paddle your own canoe. 1924 M. Kennedy xvii. 232 Why can't she leave the fellow to paddle his own canoe? 1949 4 July 25/2 They seem more interested in paddling their own canoes than shaping a strong third force that would be the best weapon against the communism they all hate. 1991 J. Bow (BNC) 74 Once they were gone, she plunged into work. She'd got to paddle her own canoe, as she'd always done. the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > move as if propelled by oars 1721 S. Croxall (ed. 2) 57 A Thousand Cupids with their infant Arms Swam padling in the Current here and there. 1730 G. Woodward 76 As Chloe floated down the Water, The little Loves came paddling a'ter. 1850 H. Melville 212 He is an expert swimmer, and paddles along under the surface, every now and then rising a little, and lying motionless on his back to breathe. 1879 J. W. Riley in 401 Drifting from the thicket-hid bayou, The wild duck paddles past his rendezvous. 1960 G. Kinnell 37 ‘Little duck!’ I cried. It paddled away, I paddled after it. 1979 D. Attenborough (1981) ix. 204 It lives..in the rivers of eastern Australia, swimming energetically and buoyantly,..paddling with its webbed fore-feet and steering with its hind. 2001 No. 9. 127/3 The first surfer to paddle into a wave at Jaws on Maui—and make it. 2014 10 Feb. 46/1 Jason paddled over and they swam together to the boat, diving under the rollers as they came in. society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > make progress > by types of mechanical propulsion 1827 Mrs. B. Hall Let. 8 Sept. in (1931) 59 We again started in time to reach the steam boat a mile off, and then away we paddled up beautiful Lake George. 1844 W. H. Maxwell II. xviii. 250 The ‘Sovereign’ was paddling out of the harbour. 1886 W. Carleton 27 Steamboats paddling up and down—Towns swimming on their way from town to town. 1988 B. A. Mason (1989) i. 15 He has wanted to take Lila for a cruise on the Delta Queen, the luxury steamboat that paddles all the way to New Orleans. society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > smack the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with something flat 1847 W. T. Porter 89 I paddled his 'tother end with one of the pieces. 1856 F. L. Olmsted 189 I thought it was..sulkiness, so I paddled him, and made him go to work. a1894 R. L. Stevenson (1896) v. 101 She had known him in the cradle and paddled him when he misbehaved. 1976 ‘D. Halliday’ iv. 48 The first thing a Maggie Bee nurse does in any British household is to ask the mother if she minds if the offspring get paddled from time to time. 1991 C. George (BNC) I'd like to put you over my knee and paddle your backside, young lady. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > by kneading, stirring, etc. > by stirring > with a specific instrument the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > dye [verb (transitive)] > processes or techniques 1873 [implied in: E. Spon 1st Ser. 382/2 The paddling should be continued until a ring drawn with the spatula may be recognized. (at paddling n.2 3)]. 1874 J. A. Phillips 544 The pot-skimmings..are now thrown into the furnace and well paddled with the charge. 1909 H. G. Bennett 171 When a quick and even colouring is desired..the goods may be paddled in the first liquors. 1993 (Nexis) Sept. 56 Once the ice cream mix is frozen to soft-serve specifications, apples in a hopper are then fed into a funnel..and paddled into a 300-gallon vat. 8. 1929 W. Deeping xxxii. 363 He spread his table napkin, and finding the soup too hot, paddled his spoon in it. 1992 J. Torrington xxvi. 227 His whisky bottle..he poured into his tea then, no doubt respectful of his moiled headgear, quietly paddled a teaspoon in the turbid stuff. 2002 (Nexis) 26 Feb. 9 She made up her own energetic sign, paddling her hands over her head. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke 1986 Aug. 35/2 What one remembers more clearly than anything is Emburey's often theatrical attempts to sweep or paddle every delivery on the leg side. 1999 (Nexis) 8 Aug. 16 Occasionally he cover-drove, but usually he tried to paddle the ball on the leg-side for his runs. Phrasal verbs 1962 H. Gilliam 42 Surfboard riders paddle out through the warming surf at Ocean Beach to take advantage of the calm surface and the big swells that roll in from the late winter storms of the Southern Hemisphere. 1987 K. Lette (1989) 189 ‘She won't hack it,’ I heard Bruce reassure his mates as they paddled out behind me. 1995 M. Behr (1996) 183 Some surfers are paddling out on their boards behind the breakers. 2003 K. Slater & J. Borte (2004) v. 114 I fell and landed on a longboarder who was paddling out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.11407 n.21589n.31642n.41754 v.11530v.21556 |
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