Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Paddling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Paddle \Pad"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Paddling}]
1. To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.
To be paddling palms and pinching fingers. --Shak.
2. To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.
3. To pad; to tread upon; to trample. [Prov. Eng.]
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