Păd-ū-a-soy', n.

(or păd'u-soi) (Synop., § 130), n. [From Padua, in Italy, and Fr. soie, silk; or, perhaps, corrupted from Fr. pou-de-soie, or poult-de-soie, pâtissoie. Cf. Fr. padou, ferret.] A particular kind of silk stuff. [Written also padesoy.]