To walk through water or other yielding substance; plod.
WADER.
" Well," said Wade, after a long breath. – The Quality of Mercy by W. D. Howells
Do you, at this moment, know what has become of Wade, or where he is? – Hidden Gold by Wilder Anthony
You wouldn't have expected me to wade across the muskeg? – Prescott of Saskatchewan by Harold Bindloss