n. A toad or frog.n. The tadpole-fish.n. A small field or inclosure; especially, a small inclosure under pasture immediately adjoining a stable; a small turfed inclosure in which animals, especially horses, are kept.To confine or inclose in or as in a paddock.n. Applied depreciatively to a person: in the play of “Macbeth,” an evil spirit or a familar.n. A piece of land of any size, inclosed or not, used for cultivation.n. In mining: A store-yard near a mine-shaft for ore or wash-dirt.n. An open excavation in a superficial deposit.To make into a paddock, as a run for sheep.In mining, to place or store (ore) in a paddock; dig or form a paddock in.