paddock (2), paddok

[A dim in. of Mid. Eng. padde =a toad.] A toad, a frog. ( Prov. & Scotch.) "The grieslie to des to ole growne there mought I see, And loathed paddockes lording on the same." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar; Dec. paddock-pipe, s. Bot.: Equisetum limosum and the genus Equisetum itself.