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.