GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Dade (?), v. t. [Of. uncertain origin.  Cf. Dandle, Daddle.] To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles. [Obs.]
   
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   Little children when they learn to go
   
   By painful mothers daded to and fro. Drayton.
   
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   Dade, v. i. To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly. [Obs.]
   
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   No sooner taught to dade, but from their mother trip. Drayton.
   
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