paddledadj.1
/ˈpad(ə)ld/, U.S. /ˈpæd(ə)ld/, Scottish English /ˈpad(ə)ld/ English regional (northern) and Scottish. Now rare.
Flattened, trampled down.
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1805 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 2) 144 The weel kent haunts I visit keen, Or Sauntrin peace the paddled green, War mony a festive bout hes been.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 371 These circular spots then shorn of grass are termed paddled rounalls.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
paddledadj.2
/ˈpadld/, U.S. /ˈpæd(ə)ld/ Provided with paddles. Frequently as the second element in compounds.
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the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > of order Sauria > of or relating to dinosaur > of parts of > having specific parts
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1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxiv. §465. 424 The double-paddled oar with which the Greenlander so dexterously steers his kajac, or canoe.
1870 J. Orton Andes & Amazon vii. 114 Monstrous saurians, footed, paddled, and winged.
1883 Leisure Hour 142/1 [The trunk] arrived in a four-paddled canoe just as we were about to start.
1999 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 7 Sept. 2 Most of the county was covered by a clear shallow sea, inhabited by the long -necked, four-paddled Plesiosaur and the huge dolphin-like Ichthyosaur.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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