padder noun¹. ['padǝ] slang (now Hist.). E17.
[from PAD noun², verb¹ + -ER¹.]
A footpad, a highwayman, a robber.

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padder noun². ['padǝ] E19.
[from PAD verb² + -ER¹.]
1. A person who wears pads or padding. rare. E19.

2. Dyeing. A machine for impregnating material with a liquid or paste by pressing between rollers. E20.

3. Electronics. A usu. adjustable capacitor connected in series in a tuned circuit in order to improve low frequency tracking with another tuned circuit. Also padder capacitor, padder condenser. Cf. TRIMMER 9. M20.

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