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Same as Alpaca.

An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant. Bacon. The engagement and pact of society whish goes by the name of the constitution. Burke.

An agreement; a compact; a bargain. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

Of the nature of, or by means of, a paction. Bp. Sanderson.

Setted by a pact, or agreement. [R.] Johnson.

Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.

A South American freah-water fish (Myleies pacu), of the family Characinidæ. It is highly esteemed as food.

A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdens instead of with a howdah for carrying passengers.

Groats; coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Sir. H. Wotton.

One who, or that which, pads.

The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.

To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc. As the men were paddling for their lives. L'Estrange. While paddling ducks the standing lake desire. Gay.

The lumpfish. [Prov. Eng.]

A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon.

One who, or that which, paddles.

The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.

A toad or frog. Wyclif. "Loathed paddocks." Spenser Paddock pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus Equisetum, especially E. limosum and the fruiting stems of E. arvense; -- called also padow pipe and toad pipe. See Equisetum. -- Paddock stone. See Toadstone. -- Paddock stool (Bot.),a toadstool.…

Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy persons." Motley.

A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.