Padus
Americannoun
noun
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She had avoided the press and noise of the inner camp, and pursued her way between a marshy arm of the river Padus to the left and the rows of white tents to the right.
From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Dahn, Felix
Let our own Padus send his home-born navy to the sea, his river-nurtured firs to battle with the winds of Ocean.
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas
As then the mouth of the Padus was a vast estuary, so in the Gael. badh, a bay or estuary, I find the explanation of the name.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
In process of time they were enabled to make settlements in other parts, particularly in Epirus and Illyria: and to occupy some considerable provinces in Italy as high up as the Padus.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob
For the use of methodic growers and or planting on private grounds where sprouts are not wanted the trees are budded or inarched on Prunus Padus.
From The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
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