Paddock

s, (pav a, Sax.; padde, Dut.) A. great frog or toad | el fe Pa’ppock. s. (corrupted from perrack.) A small enclosure for deer, or other animals. | Pappock, in earlier times, signified a pasture enclosed with a wall or paling of great height, a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile bread, in which deer were coursed with greyhounds, in the same manner as hares are. coursed at present, but subject to rules different from those now in use, These paddocks, from their great extent, were seldom seen but in the royal parks, or upon the demesnes of the most opulent.. The sport has been a long time discontinued, and the word paddock is applied in the present time only to a smail enclosure o¢ pasture, having a pale to protect it; or to a small tract of land, surrounding, or appertaining to, arural mansion, where a few brace of fallow deer may be kept, but not of magniae sufficient to acquire the appellation of a ark.; PADERBORN, a-bishopric of Germany, in the circle of Westphalia, 32 miles long and 20 broad, In the middle of it are high mountains, and iron mines; but the rest of the country is fertile in corn and pastures. It is most remarkable for its bacon and venison,