paidle

I've never had a chance yet to 'paidle' in a British burn. "

A harum-scarum schoolgirl Angela Brazil 1907

Did the queen ever wander here? did she ever "paidle in the burn when summer days were fine"? did its murmur ever soothe her ear? did she ever see her fair face in its pools, or drop bitter tears to mingle and; flow on with its waters?

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various

"When I see a burn I e'en must juist paidle in it," retorted Tony, deliberately forswearing herself.

The Best British Short Stories of 1922 John Cournos 1915

The male sea-horse puts the eggs in his breast-pocket; the male Kurtus carries them on the top of his head; the cock-paidle or lumpsucker guards them and aerates them in a corner of a shore-pool.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897