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dry-shod, a.|ˈdraɪʃɒd| [= dry shoed, with dry shoes.] Having one's shoes dry; without wetting the feet. (With go, pass, walk, etc.)
1535Coverdale Josh. Contents iii, The people go thorow it drye shodd. c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxvi. iii, Through Jordans streames we dry-shod waded. 1679Dryden Troilus v. ii, And dry-shod we may pass the naked ford. 1808Scott Marm. ii. ix, Dry-shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine find way. b. attrib. qualifying passage, etc.
1813Scott Trierm. i, A dry-shod pass from side to side. |