pad5 (pad)

[Abbr. of pad - nag, pad - horse.] A road-horse; a horse for riding on the road, as distinguished from a hunter or a work-horse, etc.; a roadster. A carele groom of mine has spoiled me the prettiest pad in the world with only riding him ten miles. man. Steele , Spectator, No. 88. pad6 (pad), n . [Appar.abbr. of padder1 or * pad- Cf. footpad .] A robber; a footpad. These freeborn sounds proceeded from four pads In ambush laid, who had perceived him loiter Behind his carriage. Byron, Don Juan, xi. 11. IMG:content-2119.png:[blocks in formation] the paddy-bird, commonly called Java sparrow. paddet, n. See pad2. padder1 (pad'èr), n. [ Well. Nay more, dine gratis. Mar. Under what hedge, I pray you? or at whose cost? Are they padders or abram-men that are your consorts? Mas singer, New Way to Pay Old Debts, ii. 1.