From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Paddle \Pad"dle\, n. [See {Paddle}, v. i.]
1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a
fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.
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2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made;
hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a
paddle, such as that used in table tennis.
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Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. --Deut.
xxiii. 13.
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3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference
of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
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4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off
water; -- also called {clough}.
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5. (Zool.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
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6. A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing.
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7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.]
See {Paddle staff} (b), below. [Prov. Eng.]
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{Paddle beam} (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers
supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam
vessel.
{Paddle board}. See {Paddle}, n., 3.
{Paddle shaft}, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle
wheel of a steam vessel.
{Paddle staff}.
(a) A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole
catchers. [Prov. Eng.]
(b) A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; --
called also {plow staff}. [Prov. Eng.]
{Paddle steamer}, a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels,
in distinction from a screw propeller.
{Paddle wheel}, the propelling wheel of a steam vessel,
having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and
revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's
length.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paddle wheel
n 1: a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine
in order to propel a boat [syn: {paddlewheel}, {paddle
wheel}]
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