\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.

\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.