[ noun ] artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort <noun.artifact>
Pad \Pad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Padded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Padding}.] 1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. --Ure.
Padding \Pad"ding\, n. 1. The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.
2. The material with which anything is padded.
3. Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc. --London Sat. Rev.
4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant.
He has lived in St Lucia since 1979. Between courses, I tell him about my theory that travel writing should be judged not on what it includes but on what it leaves out. 'Such as?' 'Well, wodges of historical stuff chucked in as padding.' 'I see.
Former Rep. Charles Diggs, D-Mich., was convicted of payroll padding.
Though Mr. Pacino, too, has been disguised with a hooked nose and body padding and garish clothing, Big Boy isn't just another amusing costume.
White also ruled that two co-defendants who face payroll padding charges with Presser will stand trial as scheduled July 12.
Many senior lawmakers for years have been padding their incomes by up to 30 percent that way.
Possible means of compliance could include providing additional padding or changing door structures.
Stock prices added some padding to Tuesday's record gain, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 17.62 to 2585.67 in the second day of a rally.
But Deputy Defense Secretary Atwood disputes that, saying the Pentagon still will have "the capability of handling a Desert Storm." Democrats, on the defensive, accuse the Pentagon of padding the Desert Storm bill to get more money.
"It's like any other form of resume padding," says Burke Stinson, spokesman for employment issues for American Telephone & Telegraph Co., a pioneer in affirmative-action programs.
The Times Herald sued first, charging its larger competitor with padding its paid circulation figures and intimidating newspaper distributors.
Newsham, who appeared at a news conference Wednesday to discuss the suit, was fired as a computer software analyst by Lockheed Missiles in 1984 for allegedly padding her time card.
His parliamentary ally was often Enoch Powell, who has also avoided the Lords. Some of this lively side comes out in the book; much of it is lost in the padding.
According to Ms. Caproni, who testified before the grand jury regarding the documents, a Myerson & Kuhn partner maintained two separate billing diaries for the same work, thereby padding legal bills to the agency with "fictitious" hours.
Ivan Twins Reitman directs; Schwarzenegger gamely dons the stomach padding; and rave reviews precede the film from across the Atlantic. Children may be unscathed by Junior, but think twice before risking them on Cronos.
Extra padding supplied but ineffective. Lejaby, sizes 32-38, B-C, Pounds 37.95 from Fenwick.
Presser is scheduled to go on trial July 12 in Cleveland on charges of participating in a payroll padding scheme to embezzle $700,000 from a local there that he also heads.
Dave Usher, president of Marine Pollution Control in Detroit, said Monday that a few thousand feet of absorbent padding and booms about 10 inches thick were at the site.
We overtook barefooted girls padding home with old kerosene tins full of water balanced on their heads.
Districts also were urged to phase out as quickly as possible buses built before 1977, which lack protected fuel tanks, extra seat padding and other safety requirements instituted that year.
About 10 percent of all CFCs released into the air worldwide come from the manufacture of flexible polyurethane foam cushions found in bedding, seats, furniture and various padding, according to industry figures.
But Mr. Vykukal, who has been working on hard suits at Ames for two decades but has never had one fly, says he will use padding to make the inside of his AX-5 more user-friendly.
There are no beggars or drunks and everyone looked well-fed and happy. On the bus back I sat squeezed between two big mamas who provided welcome padding when the steering column broke and we veered off the road into a ditch.
Most probably will add padding or structural strength to doors, and some might do both, Curry said.
In the latter regard, the Metrodome's surface, like others of its ilk, consists of half an inch of plastic over five-eighths of an inch of padding on an asphalt base.
Carpeting makes the department feel homier, and the padding underfoot can also make tired shoppers more comfortable.
Trade secret let slip by National Theatre dresser Katie Morrow-Smith on BBC radio: If you're padding out a man in drag and want to give him a really saggy bosom, the best thing to use is birdseed.
But Democrats were padding their advantages in both houses of Congress _ by two seats in the Senate for a 56-44 edge, and with a likely pickup of four more in the House for a 261-174 advantage there.