Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To walk slowly and hesitatingly, like a child in leading-strings; hence, to flow gently.
  • To hold up by leading-strings.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles.
  • intransitive verb obsolete To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To walk unsteadily, like a child; to move slowly.

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  • "There's _my_ title dade," cried Larry, driving his pick into the earth.

    The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West 1859

  • | Reply | Permalink any sound thinking dem should know that florida is most likely going to mccain. if a dem get any votes, they will come from south florida (broward, dade and palm beach county). the rest of the state resembles ky and wv, so the black man and the white woman need not bother.

    Polls: Hillary Outperforms Obama Against McCain In Three Key Swing States 2009

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  • | Reply | Permalink rotfl ... reminds me of recount. .when they protested and stopped the count in dade county. unbeliiiievable folks need to keep remembering the last SNL live she has NO ethical standards.

    Tickets For Big Michigan And Florida Meeting Already Sold Out! 2009

  • June 28th, 2006 at 3: 34 pm john the babtist says: maybe they should get a democrat election committee to set-up, run, monitor, and oversee the entire election process in broward, and dade counties

    Think Progress » ‘A single person could swing an election.’ 2006

  • Storm watches are in effect for Florida, for coastal Miami-dade and Broward counties, with tropical storm Noel bearing down, it's slamming the Bahamas right now with torrential rain and tropical force winds.

    CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2007 2007

  • Nee, dade spreek harder as woorde en u is geweeg en lig bevind.

    SPEECH BY ANC MP, DR MANIE SCHOEMAN DURING THE PRESIDENT�S BUDGET VOTE 2001

  • Hull (onder ons) wat die slagoffers van hierdie gru-dade was, van moorde en marteling van die grofste skendings, nie net van mense-regte nie, maar van menswees self, kan nie ons wat uit die ou orde kom se pyn sien nie.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Ten spyte van groot opofferinge en aangrypende helde dade was die Afrikaners nie in een van die twee Vryheidsoorloe milter oorwinnaars nie.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Die uitdaging van 1994 sal wees om 'n ware eenheid van doelstellings in ons pogings en dade te bereik ten einde van die nuwe Suid-Afrika' n beter Suid-Afrika te maak, se hy.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

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