padle

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English

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Noun

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padle (plural padles)

  1. (Scotland, dated) Cyclopterus lumpus, 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.
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From English paddle.

Verb

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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.)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From English paddle.

Verb

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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.)

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Slovene

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Participle

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pádle

  1. feminine plural l-participle of pásti (to fall)