Word Meanings - PADDOCK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A toad or frog. Wyclif. "Loathed paddocks." Spenser Paddock pipe , 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.

Additional info about word: PADDOCK

A toad or frog. Wyclif. "Loathed paddocks." Spenser Paddock pipe , 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 ,a toadstool.

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