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