These are the meanings of the letters APAYD when you unscramble them.
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Dap (v. i.)
To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.
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Day (n.)
The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.
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Day (n.)
The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.
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Day (n.)
Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.
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Day (n.)
A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
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Day (n.)
(Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.
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Pad (n.)
A footpath; a road.
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Pad (n.)
An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
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Pad (n.)
A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.
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Pad (n.)
The act of robbing on the highway.
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Pad (v. t.)
To travel upon foot; to tread.
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Pad (v. i.)
To travel heavily or slowly.
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Pad (v. i.)
To rob on foot.
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Pad (v. i.)
To wear a path by walking.
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Pad (n.)
A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
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Pad (n.)
A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.
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Pad (n.)
A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
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Pad (n.)
A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
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Pad (n.)
A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
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Pad (n.)
A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
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Pad (n.)
A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
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Pad (n.)
A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
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Pad (n.)
A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.
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Pad (v. t.)
To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
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Pad (v. t.)
To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.
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Pay (v. t.)
To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
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Pay (v. t.)
To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.
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Pay (v. t.)
Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
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Pay (v. t.)
To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed).
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Pay (v. t.)
To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
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Pay (v. t.)
To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
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Pay (v. i.)
To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
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Pay (v. i.)
Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.
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Pay (n.)
Satisfaction; content.
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Pay (n.)
An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.
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Yap (v. i.)
To bark; to yelp.
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Yap (n.)
A bark; a yelp.