Pad"dy (?), a. [Prov. E. paddy
worm-eaten.] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such
pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy
persons." Motley.
Pad"dy, n.; pl.
Paddies (#). [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the
tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an
Irishman.
Pad"dy, n. [Either fr. Canarese
bhatta or Malay pādī.] (Bot.)
Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East
Indies.
Paddy bird. (Zoöl.) See Java
sparrow, under Java.