\Wade\, n.
Woad. [Obs.] --Mortimer.

\Wade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wading}.] [OE. waden to wade, to go, AS. wadan; akin to
OFries. wada, D. waden, OHG. watan, Icel. va?a, Sw. vada,
Dan. vade, L. vadere to go, walk, vadum a ford. Cf. {Evade},
{Invade}, {Pervade}, {Waddle}.]
1. To go; to move forward. [Obs.]
         When might is joined unto cruelty, Alas, too deep
         will the venom wade.                  --Chaucer.
         Forbear, and wade no further in this speech. --Old
                                               Play.
2. To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move,
   sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc.
         So eagerly the fiend . . . With head, hands, wings,
         or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or
         wades, or creeps, or flies.           --Milton.
3. Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed ?lowly
   among objects or circumstances that constantly ?inder or
   embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book.
         And wades through fumes, and gropes his way.
                                               --Dryden.
         The king's admirable conduct has waded through all
         these difficulties.                   --Davenant.

\Wade\, v. t.
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded ?he rivers and
swamps.

\Wade\, n.
The act of wading. [Colloq.]