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Webster 1913 Edition

Paddy

Pad′dy

,

Adj.

[Prov. E.

paddy

worm-eaten.]

Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

“Such pady persons.”

Digges (1585).

“The paddy persons.”

Motley.

Pad′dy

,

Noun.

[Either fr. Canarese

bhatta

or Malay

pādī

.]

(Bot.)

Unhusked rice; – commonly so called in the East Indies.

Paddy bird

.

(Zool.)

See

Java sparrow

, under

.