Dade (?), v. t. [Of. uncertain origin. Cf. Dandle, Daddle.]
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.
© Webster 1913.
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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