paddy

Rice, especially in the husk, whether gathered or still in the field.

A specially irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

Mean; poor; contemptible; low in manners or character.

An Irishman.

[lowercase] A sailors’ name for the lesser sheath bill of Kerguelen Island, Chionis minor.

[l. c] The ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida. Also paddywhack.

[lowercase] Same as paddywhack, 3.

Rice in the husk, whether in the field or gathered.

Unhusked rice; — commonly so called in the East Indies.

See Java sparrow, under Java.