See Also: paddy(medicine)
Paddy(dictionary)
paddy(1)(dictionary)
paddy(2)(dictionary)
paddy(dictionary)
Chayefsky, Paddy(encyclopedia)
paddy wagon(dictionary)
rice paddy(dictionary)
Hue paddy field pork(recipes)

paddy(2) (iou)



paddy noun1. ['padi] In sense 1 usu. padi. E17.
[Malay padi corresp. to Javanese pari, Kannada bhatta.]
Rice before threshing; Commerce rice in the husk. Also, the rice plant. E17.
A paddy-field. M20.
Comb.: paddy-bird any of various birds which frequent paddy-fields, esp. a java sparrow, an egret; paddy-field a field where rice is grown.