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To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles.

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  1. v. t. To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles.
  2. v. i. To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly.
  3. 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. 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.
  4. To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child whilehe toddles. [Obs.]Little children when they learn to go By painful mothers daded to andfro. Drayton.
  5. v. t. To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles. v. i. To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly.