padle

English

Noun

padle (plural padles)

1. (Scotland, dated) , the lumpsucker or lumpfish.
   • 1807, “Fish Market”, in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, volume 69, page 364:

     The Padle of our market is the male Lump fish (Cyclopterus Lumpus.) The female is called Hush by our fishers; but it is seldom brought to market, being much inferior to the male for the table.

   • 1809, John Roberton, A Treatise on Medical Police, and on Diet, Regimen:

     The male lump-fish, or padle, is brought to market in April and May.

   • 1838, Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society for the years 1831-37, volume 7:

     The Lump Fish or Padle, as it is named in Scotland is often taken in the Firth of Forth in the salmon-nets and Musselburgh and Queensferry, generally about the month of June, and entirely disappears after the month of August.

Anagrams

• padel, paled, pedal, plead

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English paddle

Verb

padle (imperative padle or padl, present tense padler, passive padles, simple past and past participle padla or padlet, present participle padlende)

1. to paddle (a canoe, kayak etc.)

Derived terms

• padletur
• padleåre

References

• “padle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “padle” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English paddle

Verb

padle (present tense padlar, past tense padla, past participle padla, passive infinitive padlast, present participle padlande, imperative padle/padl)

1. to paddle (a canoe, kayak etc.)

Alternative forms

• padla

Derived terms

• padletur
• padleåre

References

• “padle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.