First he Waded in to try the temperature.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
The woman complied with the tailor's advice, and when she had Waded to the main shore and stood there looking at the child on the rock, it cried to her, "You had a great need to do what you have done.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
Why, he forgot that that nice, soft snow, which so kindly buried the dreadful traps so that they could do no harm, couldn't be Waded through without leaving tracks.
"The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum"
Thornton W. Burgess