paddle

PAD'DLE, verb intransitive [Latin pes, pedis, the foot, and this is allied to Gr., to tread.] 1. To row; to beat the water, as with oars. 2. To play in the water with the hands, as children; or with the feet, as fowls or other animals. 3. To finger. PAD'DLE, verb transitive To propel by an oar or paddle PAD'DLE, noun [In Latin batillus is a paddle-staff; in Gr. a pole.] 1. An oar, but not a large oar. It is now applied to a sort of short oar used in propelling and steering canoes and boats. 2. The blade or the broad part of an oar or weapon. Thou shalt have a paddle on thy weapon. Deuteronomy 23:13.