pad

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n. Padding. ] 1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Padding the streets for half a crown. Somerville. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To travel heavily or slowly. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rob on foot. [ Obs. ] Cotton Mather. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To wear a path by walking. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. pad. √21. See Path. ] 1. A footpath; a road. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. Addison [ 1913 Webster ]

An abbot on an ambling pad. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad. Gay. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of robbing on the highway. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Groats; coarse flour or meal. [ Obs. ] Sir. H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Same as cushioned, 1.
Syn. -- cushioned, cushiony. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, pads. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A highwayman; a footpad. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The material with which anything is padded. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc. London Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant. [ 1913 Webster ]