sb. slang or dial. [f. TONGUE sb. + PAD sb.2 3, 4.] A talkative person.
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Tongue-pad, a smooth, Glib-tongued, insinuating Fellow.
1709. O. Dykes, Eng. Prov. & Refl. (ed. 2), 230. ’Twas pleasant enough to hear two Tongue-Pads a-scolding, and giving one another the Lie.
1821. Joseph the Book-Man, 70.
| Determin’d every ear t’ engage, | |
| Thus spoke the tonguepad of a sage. |
1882. Jago, Corno. Gloss., Tongue-pad,… a chatterer, a very talkative person.
Hence Tongue-pad v., trans. to assail with words; to scold; also intr. (with it) to tattle, chatter; whence Tongue-padder = ? tongue-pad (see quot.); Tongue-padding vbl. sb., scolding.
1707. J. Stevens, trans. Quevedo’s Com. Wks. (1709), 422. They would all *Tongue-pad him at once.
1825. Scott, Betrothed, xxx. My wife Gillian, who will tongue-pad it with any shrew in Christendom.
1676. Warning for Housekprs., Title-p., Budg and Snudg, File-lifter, *Tongue-padder, The private Theif.
1876. Whitby Gloss, Tongue-whaling, or *Tongue-padding, a scolding lecture.
