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Pad′dle.

1. The water-door in a lock-gate or sluice. A clough.

2. A float or board of a paddle-wheel.

3. A small scull for propelling a boat or canoe.

A short oar, used without being shipped in a rowlock.

4. An iron har or blade for stirring ore in a furnace.

5. A bat or pallet for working in plastic material.

6. A shovel or scoop to stir and mix materials, as sand with ashes in glass-making.

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