Wade /(?)/

1. Woad. [Obs.]

imp. & p. p. Waded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wading

1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.]

   When might is joined unto cruelty, Alas, too deep will the venom wade.

   Forbear, and wade no further in this speech.

2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.

   So eagerly the fiend . . . With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.

3. Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.

   And wades through fumes, and gropes his way.

   The king's admirable conduct has waded through all these difficulties.

1. To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded he rivers and swamps.

1. The act of wading. [Colloq.]