PAD'DLE, L. 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, To propel by an oar or paddle.
PAD'DLE, n. In L. 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