˜yÐÄvlog

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dry-shod

[ drahy-shod ]

adjective

  1. having or keeping the shoes dry.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dry-shod1

before 1000; Middle English drye schodde, Old English »å°ù²âÌ„²µ²õ³¦±ð´Ç»å, equivalent to »å°ù²âÌ„²µ- dry + sc ( e ) od, past participle of ²õ³¦Å²µ²¹²Ô to shoe, derivative of sc ( e ) ųó shoe
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Example Sentences

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All of Poseidon’s sons had the same power: they could run dry-shod on the sea as on the land, so the two followed her with no trouble.

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She just sent one keen look at the girl's flushed face, and then said: "It was more than a bit boggy across the waste; you'll get home dry-shod if we go the other way."

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The place was so small that it no more than held the three who stood in it, nor all of them dry-shod.

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Two of them, tall, brown, fierce-faced fellows, slung over their shoulders the long guns with which they were armed, stooped and lifted Sallie lightly up, carried her to the shore dry-shod.

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He probably knew that the river was fordable at that season, but preferred to pass his men over dry-shod.

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