/ʃuːn/. Forms: singular Old English scóh, scó, sceó, Middle English sceoh, Middle English–1500s sho, Middle English sco, Middle English sso, Middle English–1500s scho, Middle English–1500s schoo, Middle English–1600s shoo, (Middle English show), 1500s showe, shue, ( shough), 1500s–1600s shew, 1500s–1700s shooe, 1500s– shoe. plural Old English scós, Old English–Middle English sceós, Middle English–1600s shoos, Middle English schos, Middle English schoz, schoys, schoez, schewis, Middle English–1500s shoys, shewes, show(e)s, showys, shooys, shues, shuse, shuez, 1500s–1700s shooes, Middle English– shoes. β. Middle English schon, Middle English–1500s schone, (Middle English scheon, son, sson), Middle English–1600s shon(e, Middle English–1500s schoon(e, Middle English–1700s shoone, (Middle English Scottish schoyne, Middle English shoyn, Scottish schoune), Middle English–1500s shoen, 1500s schoun(e, (Scottish schwyne), 1500s–1700s shune, shooen, (1600s Scottish shin), Middle English– shoon.shoen.
/ʃuː/, U.S. /ʃu//ʃuːn/. Forms: singular Old English scóh, scó, sceó, Middle English sceoh, Middle English–1500s sho, Middle English sco, Middle English sso, Middle English–1500s scho, Middle English–1500s schoo, Middle English–1600s shoo, (Middle English show), 1500s showe, shue, ( shough), 1500s–1600s shew, 1500s–1700s shooe, 1500s– shoe. plural Old English scós, Old English–Middle English sceós, Middle English–1600s shoos, Middle English schos, Middle English schoz, schoys, schoez, schewis, Middle English–1500s shoys, shewes, show(e)s, showys, shooys, shues, shuse, shuez, 1500s–1700s shooes, Middle English– shoes. β. Middle English schon, Middle English–1500s schone, (Middle English scheon, son, sson), Middle English–1600s shon(e, Middle English–1500s schoon(e, Middle English–1700s shoone, (Middle English Scottish schoyne, Middle English shoyn, Scottish schoune), Middle English–1500s shoen, 1500s schoun(e, (Scottish schwyne), 1500s–1700s shune, shooen, (1600s Scottish shin), Middle English– shoon. 1. Proverbial phrase.1887 M. Oliphant Son of Father xiv. 242 [She] felt..her heart sink to her shoes.
a. An outer covering for the human foot, normally made of leather (but often of other materials) and consisting of a more or less stiff sole and a lighter upper part. Chiefly in more specific sense, distinguished from boot.The original distinction was that the boot covered a part or the whole of the leg together with the foot, while the shoe covered the foot only. In the U.S. boot is still commonly applied only to an article of footgear reaching at least to the middle of the calf, one which ends at or below the ankle or just above it being called a shoe. In modern British use, the term boot is extended to include what were formerly called ‘half-boots’ or ‘high shoes’, i.e. ‘shoes’ (in the older sense) which cover the whole foot including the ankle; hence shoe is taken to mean specifically a ‘low shoe’, which leaves part of the foot covered only by the stocking; a shoe in this sense may either be fastened with laces, buttons, or the like, or (as in ‘dancing shoes’) it may differ from a slipper only in being suited for more ceremonious wear.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun]
shoec950
subpedital1526
suppeditary1596
suppeditor1687
crab-shell1807
kicks1904
singular.
plural.c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 10 Calciamenta, scoea [c975 Rushw. scoas, c1000 ge-scy].c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 322/19 & habbað eowre scos on eowrum fotum.c1175 Lamb. Hom. 37 Do..wrecche men sceos and claðes.12.. Prayer to our Lady 42 in Old Eng. Misc. 193 Inne wel sittende schon.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 266 Twa þongede scheon.a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2781 Moyses, moyses, do of ðin son.?a1366 Romaunt Rose 843 And shod he was with greet maistrye, With shoon decoped, and with laas.1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 218 Proude prestes come with hym..In paltokes & pyked shoes.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1201 Wallace can him aray In his armour,..His schenand schoys that burnyst was full beyn.1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. gg.viiv The hunter therfore wyll laye a payre of shone in his waye, & whan he perceyueth the hunter doynge on his shoos he wyll doo the same.1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 4v With patche on patche like loutishe lob, he cobled oft his shues.1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 26 By his cockle hatte, and staffe, And his sandall shoone.1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 265 With prouinciall Roses on my raz'd shooes . View more context for this quotation1637 J. Milton Comus 22 The dull swayne Treads on it dayly with his clouted shoone.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 14/2 Laced shooes, have the over Leathers and edges of the Shooe laced in orderly courses.1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 317. ¶4 Put on my double soaled Shoes.1786 R. Burns Poems 69 Ye've cost me twenty pair o' shoon Just gaun to see you.1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. ix. 210 Our immortal deliverer from papists and pretenders, and wooden shoes and warming pans.1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 1058/1 In the 11th century the use of liturgical shoes and stockings was reserved for cardinals and bishops.c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John i. 27 Ðæs ic ne am wyrðe þætte ic undoe his ðuong scoes.
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 283 Calcarium, scoh.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10438 & tiss dæþshildiȝ mann..Wass uss..ȝa þurrh þe sho. Ȝa þurrh þe þwang bitacnedd.
c1250 Long Life 29 in Old Eng. Misc. 156 Ac deþ luteþ in his scho, Him stilliche to for-do.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 220 Zuiche fourme ase þe sso takþ ate ginnynge: he halt euremor ine þet stat.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 447/2 Schoo, mannys fote hyllynge, sotularis, calceus. Schoo, for buschopys, sandalium.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 231 If he haue on him his scho, his slyue, his coot.
a1535 J. Fisher Serm. Good Friday in Spirituall Consol. (?1578) sig. F.viij If you be ashamed for a foule myrie shoo, and not of a foule stincking soule.
1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. iv. 18 A kind of Shoe that fitted both Feet.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) 314 [The custom] of giving the shoe in witness of a covenant.
b. Explicitly distinguished from boot.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > as distinguished from boot
shoec1400
c1400 Rom. Rose 2264 Of shoon and botes, newe and faire Loke at the leest thou have a paire.
1521 Stirling Burgh Rec. (1887) I. 13 Ane pair of buttis and ane pair of schoun.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 165 They..delight to have their boots and shoos shine with blacking stuffe.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xiii His sedulous attachment to shoes and stockings, in contempt of half-boots and pantaloons.
1847 J. S. Hall Bk. Feet (ed. 2) 138 Shoes are now very little worn: boots of some kind or other being the general wear.
c. as the lowest portion of one's attire.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > as lowest part of one's attire
shoe1616
1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) ii. i, in Wks. I. 20 Whilst they,..mocke me all ouer, From my flat cap, vnto my shining shooes.
d. shoes of swiftness n. the magic shoes of the giant in the tale of Jack the Giant-killer: occasionally used allusively.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > one who or that which moves swiftly > typically
wind1377
swallowc1380
quicksilver1562
shoes of swiftness1787
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > other > shoes
slops1480
shoe-maker's stocks1699
liripipe1706
shoes of swiftness1787
1787 Hist. Jack & Giants 12 Jack soon put on his coat of darkness, with his shoes of swiftness.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. v. 253 Surely also Punishment, this day, hitches..after Crime, with frightful shoes-of-swiftness.
2. Phrases and figurative uses. † i. to win one's shoes (on or upon an adversary): to achieve renown by a victory. Cf. to win one's spurs. Common in the 15th century.† l. to tread (her) shoe awry (rarely amiss): to make a lapse from virtue. Obsolete.
a. old shoe: a type of something discarded as worn out, useless or worthless. Also, to cast, fling, etc. an old shoe after (a person): literal as a means of bringing good luck (e.g. at a wedding); also figurative to wish (a person) good luck. †go meddle with (thy) old shoes: mind your own business.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [noun] > discarding as useless > type of that which is
old shoec1386
dead horse1640
the mind > attention and judgement > [phrase] > refrain from meddling > as injunction to others
go meddle with (thy) old shoes1546
to mind one's own business1882
the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] > make fortunate > wish a person good luck
to cast, fling, etc. an old shoe after (a person)1546
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 708 The clerk whan he is oold and may noght do Of Venus werkes worth his olde sho.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ix. sig. Cii Nowe for good lucke, cast an olde shoe after mee.
?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iv. sig. Evij What is that to the? go meddle thu with olde shone.
1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding iv. vii, in Comedies & Trag. 136 Pars. I, with all my heart, there's an old shooe after you.
1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 25 Thou Traytor..meddle with thy Old shooes!.. Go about thy business, Goodman Fool!
1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 193 And, wheresoe'er thou move, good luck Shall fling her old shoe after.
b. another pair of shoes (predicatively): quite a different matter or state of things. the shoe is on the other foot: the facts are otherwise, the position is reversed. Cf. the boot is on the other leg at boot n.3 1b.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [phrase] > a different matter or state of affairs
a horse of another (also the same, etc.) colour1530
a different (also another) story1688
something else1844
another pair of shoes1861
a different or another kettle of fish1937
a different cup of tea1940
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > reversal [phrase]
Tottenham is turned French1546
to turn the tables1612
to have one's heart in one's boots (also shoes, heels, hose, etc.)1642
the boot is on the other leg1854
the shoe is on the other foot1933
the wheel has come full circle1944
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > contrariety [phrase] > the facts are otherwise
the shoe is on the other foot1933
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations xl, in All Year Round 18 May 171/1 We'll show 'em another pair of shoes than that, Pip; won't us?
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xv. 142 ‘That, sir,’ replied Mr. Wegg,..‘is quite another pair of shoes.’
1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 10 ‘Ah! and you'll find a tiger is quite another pair of shoes’, I assured him impressively.
1933 Mystery May 122/1 Inspector Queen has not been able to discover our man-about-town's source of income. A gigolo? Gigolos do not pay for ladies' apartments; the shoe is rather on the other foot.
1939 B. K. Harris Purslane 179 I tell him if he had the waitin' on him to do the shoes would be on the other foot.
1953 J. S. Huxley Evol. in Action ii. 49 All the objections to a selectionist explanation of evolution that are based on the improbability of its results, simply fall to the ground. In fact the shoe is now on the other foot. Improbability is to be expected as the result of natural selection.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Jan. 13/4 Most obviously, the shoe is on the other foot. Anyone who knows what rigour is will find it lacking in most of Hegel's transitions.
c. in one's shoes, without shoes, as a condition of measurement of stature. in their shoes: (of soldiers) fully equipped.For to shake in one's shoes at shake v. 4a.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adverb]
in ferdc1330
in armsc1405
under arms1637
of (good) force1697
in their shoes1815
1724 London Gaz. No. 6308/3 John Cockran,..5 Foot 10 Inches one quarter without Shooes.
1815 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XII. 323 We are getting on in strength, I have now 60,000 men in their shoes.
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. x. 313 ‘You're afraid of ghosts.’ ‘Belike I am when they're six foot two in their shoes.’
d. to die in one's shoes: to meet with a violent death, esp. to be hanged. Also allusively.
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the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die violently
perishc1275
to shed blood?1473
to die in one's shoes1694
to come to a sticky end1904
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xlv. 174 Whoever refus'd to do this, should presently swing for't, and die in his Shoes.
1712 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 341 He dy'd in his Shoes; his Domesticks say of an Apoplexie.
1840 R. H. Barham Execution in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 301 All come to see a man ‘die in his shoes!’
e. over (the) shoes: deeply immersed or sunk (in something). literal and figurative. See also over prep. 2b and overshoe n. Similarly up to the shoes.over shoes, over boots: see over shoes, over boots at boot n.3 1b.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adverb] > up to specific depth
over (the) shoes1518
over-shoes1579
ankle-deep1597
overhead1631
neck-deepa1804
nave-deep1882
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > depth [phrase] > in something to specific depth
up to the shoes1518
over head and ears?1521
head and ears1576
mid-rib deep1697
(immersed, steeped) to the lipsa1822
up to one's (also the) armpits1869
1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 137 They..thrust the same Antony ouer the showys in the myre.
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. Ev The countrey maides themselues fel in loue with this faire Nimph, and could not blame Menaphon for being ouer the shooes with such a beautifull creature.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vi. 56 One that neuer in his life Felt so much colde as ouer shooes in snow. View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 48 If thou hast slaine Lysander, in his sleepe; Being ore shooes in blood,..kill mee. View more context for this quotation
1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah xxvi. 541 Being in vp to the shooes he will on to the shoulders.
1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B2 Enter Flawne. Kathe. It seemes he can scarce carry himselfe. Drum. Hee's ouer the shooes, yet heele hold out water, for I haue liquor'd him soundly.
1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. 124 I find our Author over the shooes in Love.
f. to know best where one's shoe pinches: see pinch v. 5b. Also in many other similar phrases.
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c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 309 But I woot best where wryngeth me my sho.
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife's Prol. 492 He sat ful ofte and song Whan þat his shoo full bitterly hym wrong.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 137 Thow knawis best quhair bindis the thi scho.
1639 J. Taylor Divers Crabtree Lect. 96 No man can tell where his shooe wrings him, but hee that weares it.
1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas III. viii. vi. 136 He defrayed the expence of every body; so that there I did not feel where the shoe pinched.
1890 W. E. Norris Misadventure xlviii Only after the deed has been done does the shoe really begin to pinch.
g. to put the shoe on the right foot: to put the blame on the real offender. (In modern dictionaries.)
h. to kiss (a person's) shoe (in token of servility or abject submission).
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > be servile [verb (intransitive)] > physically
crouch1528
to kiss (a person's) shoec1535
binge1562
cringec1604
to crinkle in the hams1607
society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit [verb (intransitive)] > perform act of submission
prostratea1425
to kiss (a person's) shoec1535
benda1586
kowtow1863
c1535 Ploughman's Tale i. sig. B.iv A Kyng shall knele and kysse hys showe.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. i. 48 The kings abago..: I kis his durtie shoe.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III vii, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 245/2 There was a bow of sleek devotion..; each motion Seemed a Lord's shoe to kiss.
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society > armed hostility > victory > be victorious [verb (intransitive)]
overcomea1200
win1297
conquerc1300
to bear, fang, have the flower (of)c1310
vanquish1382
to win one's shoesa1400
to win or achieve a checka1400
triumph1508
vince1530
import1600
victorize1641
beat1744
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > be or become eminent [verb (intransitive)] > gain fame or eminence
to win (one's) worshipc1175
to win one's shoesa1400
to win one's (also the) spursc1425
a1400 Sir Perc. 1595 Ther salle other dedis be done, And thou salle wynne thi schone Appone the sowdane.
?c1475 Sqr. lowe Degre 174 And other dedes of armes to done, Through whiche ye may wynne your shone.
j. to waste one's shoes: to wear out one's shoes to no purpose.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > journey in vain
to waste one's shoes1509
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxxxxii Another on his fyste a Sparhauke..and so wastynge his shone Before the auters he to and fro doth wander.
k. to be in (another person's) shoes: to be in his position or place. Chiefly in negative form = in his unenviable condition or plight. to place (a person) in the shoes of (another person): to give (him) the position vacated by (another). to step into the shoes of (another person): to occupy the position vacated by him. to wait for dead men's shoes: to wait for the death of a person with the expectancy of succeeding to his possessions or office.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] > for an opportunity
to wait one's (or the) time, hour, opportunity, etc.1303
watch?1473
to wait for dead men's shoes1550
to have an eye to the wood1578
to bide one's time1853
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > be a substitute [verb (intransitive)]
to stand for ——OE
to stand in a person's stead?a1515
to be in any one's coat1530
walk1558
to serve the turn of1565
succenturiate1647
commute1653
to hand the saw1654
substitute1675
surrogate1681
to be in (another person's) shoes1767
substitute1888
pinch-hit1911
the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > substitute [verb (transitive)]
changec1225
shifta1325
puta1400
underputc1400
put1483
put1535
subrogate1548
substitute1548
surrogate1586
counterchange1604
supplya1618
suffect1620
commute1667
succeed1667
to be in (another person's) shoes1842
sub1919
1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. vi. sig. Cv Who waitth for dead mens shoen, shal go long barfoote.
1609 Old Meg of Hereford-shire sig. C3 It were no hoping after dead mens shooes, for both vpper-leather and soles would bee worne out to nothing.
1767 C. Bedingfield Let. 11 Aug. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 404 I would rather chuse to stand in his Sardinian Majesty's shoes than his; who [etc.].
1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 29 June 325/2 Volunteers, with the rank of officers (who are impatiently waiting at ‘the pool’ for the death and old shoes of commissioned officers).
1777 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 304 I judge, I should put more to risk if I were in his shoes.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. x. 260 But then, in order to secure the lender, he must come in the shoes of the creditor to whom he advances payment. ‘Come in his shoes!’ replied the Earl... ‘It is a law phrase, my lord’..said Heriot.
1842 H. Taylor Edwin the Fair iii. viii Them that were placed by Edred in the shoes Of Seculars that by Edred were expulsed.
1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth i Cornelis..stuck to the hearth, waiting for dead men's shoes.
1864 A. Trollope Small House at Allington I. xxviii. 281 I must be the first to congratulate you on the acquisition of my old shoes.
1880 J. Payn Confidential Agent III. 130 I wish I was in your shoes.
1908 Times 21 July 3/1 The respondents were interested in the success of Mme. Bovet..but that could never put them in her shoes in vindicating her rights against wrongdoers.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > fall from chastity (of woman) [verb (intransitive)]
to tread (her) shoe awry (rarely amiss)c1422
to go wrong?1507
falla1616
to tread one's shoe awry (the shoe, one's foot, amiss, etc.)1642
to take a stone (up) in the ear1691
to sprain one's ankle1785
c1422 T. Hoccleve Min. Poems xxiv. 66 No womman..But swich oon as hath trode hir shoo amis.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clxxxvij Where the king had maried her for a mayde, he founde that she had troden her showe awrye.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxviii. 241 His Wife did tread her Shooe awry.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘To tread one's shoes straight’, to behave with propriety, to be circumspect in our conduct.
m. Proverbial phrases.
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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hv Folk say of olde, the shooe wyll holde with the sole.
a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 78 To apply one generall Law to all particular cases, were to make all shooes by one last.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 163 As arrant a villaine, as euer trode vpon a shooe of leather.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew One Shoe will not fit all Feet, Men are not all of a Size, nor all Conveniences of a Last.
1752 S. Foote Taste i. 9 Twenty as fine Babes, as ever trod in Shoe of Leather.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words at Old-shoe As easy as an old shoe.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire ‘Too big for one's shoon’, used of a person whose notions are too high for his station, a conceited person.
3. In the names of plants (see quots.).
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a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Shoes and stockings, the variety of primrose and polyanthus which has one flower sheathed within another.
1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms Shoes and stockings, [also] a wild flower of the cypripedium genus.
1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names at Boots Boots and Shoes (1) Lotus corniculatus, L.—Suss. (2) Aquilegia vulgaris, L.—Corn.
1882 H. Friend Gloss. Devon Plant Names Boots and shoes,..(2) Cypripedium Calceolus, L., often called ‘Lady's-slipper’.
1893 Rep. Provinc. (E.D.D.) On seeing the Linaria vulgaris in blossom [she], Cornish by birth,..replied, ‘We always call it “Shoes and Stockings”.’
4.
a. A plate of metal, usually iron, nailed to the under-side of the hoof of a horse as a protection from injury: = horseshoe n. 1. Also occasionally a similar plate nailed to the hoof of an ox or some other animal.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > horseshoe
horseshoea1387
shoe1387
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > protective
shoe1387
subtectacle1609
shelterc1660
bell-glass1682
loricationa1706
lorification1730
shoeing1780
rubber sheet1842
facing1852
nose cap1973
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 127 He made..þe mule..to be schodde uppon wiþ gold, forbedyng al his men þat when þe schone fel awey þat non schulde gadre þaym up.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vii. v. 169 b This Nero..Made his mules be shod with siluer shone.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. v Oxen..haue no shoes as horses haue.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxvv Lytell stones that goth in bytwene the shough and the hert of the fote.
1540 Coventry Leet Bk. 745 [That] no Smyth within this Cetie shoo no horse with forest shoyes.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 330 [The smith observed] that he was sure that his four Shooes had been made in four several Counties.
c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses viii. 135 Their Shoes should never be suffer'd to wear too smooth.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor iii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 39 You can never ride beyond the village but your horse will cast a shoe.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Shoon ‘To addle his shoon’, is when a horse rolls on his back from one side to the other.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 697 The first shoes of a young horse should be light, with no heels.
b. See quot. 1801 (Cf. horseshoe n. 1b.)
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1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. ii. §9. 60 Formerly..the rustics not having..quoits to play with, used horse-shoes and in many places the quoit itself..is called a shoe.
5. Something resembling a shoe (sense 1 or 4) in shape, position, or function.† a. The iron blade or an iron cutting edge fastened upon the wooden blade (of a spade or shovel). Obsolete.† b. The piston (of a pump). Obsolete. rare .
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > spade > part of
spade-iron1356
spade-tree1411
shoec1450
spade-stale1649
spade-graft1664
tramp1844
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 193 I lykenyd satysfaccyoun to a schouele... I telde ȝou þat þe scho of þe schouell was almes-dede.
1578 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1899) IV. 52 An ironmonger of smale made wares, videlicet, of nayles, horse shues, slyppes, shyuers, spade shoes [etc.].
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 331/1 He beareth Vert, a Spade Iron, Argent (some call it a shooe for a Spade).
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 393/1 The Bottom, or Shooe of a Trenching Spade. It is all Iron and put on the Staffe..with a..Socket.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > plunger or piston
box1531
pump shoe1534
shoe1576
force1596
pestle1604
bucket1634
forcer1634
plug1642
syringe1659
ram1875
1576 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Michael's, Oxford (MS) Item payd to William Williams for a showe for the plumpe xvijd.
1593 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Michael's, Oxford (MS) It'm payd to Oven for settinge a shooe & a staff in ye plompe xxijd.
1599 Acc. Balliol Coll., Oxford (MS.) Imprimis, a shooe for the plumpe, xvid.
c. A metal rim, ferrule, casing or sheath, esp. for the end of a pile, pole, rod, or the like.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > encasing or sheathing > that which > metal
shoe1495
1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 150 A pykas and ij pyles shone.
1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 320 The quhelis garnesit with schone and two virollis only.
1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §81 I had a wooden measuring rod..this was shod with a rounded end or shoe of iron.
1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 33/1 All the piles are to be shod with proper wrought-iron shoes.
1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 30 The boat-hook consists in the staff and shoe.
1972 L. M. Harris Introd. Deepwater Floating Drilling Operations ix. 90 The shoe of the foundation pile is equipped with a breakaway guide frame.
1976 Offshore Platforms & Pipelining 8/2 Deviation will begin about 100 ft below the conductor shoe.
d. The receptacle beneath the hopper of a mill.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > hopper > receptacle underneath
shoe1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 340/2 The parts of a Wind-Mill... The Shoo or Shough, the Corn by its shaking drops down into the Mill.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 749 Below the hopper there is a small bucket called a shoe, into which the ore is shaken down.
e. The short section which turns out the water at the foot of a water pipe.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > other parts of pipes
bum1570
nipple1574
rider1728
shoe1770
nose-pipe1787
tack1823
box valve1833
bell end1851
taft1877
taft joint1891
pipe ear1905
spud1905
1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 166 The bottoms of these pipes..terminate with a shoe of lead.
1899 Daily News 10 Oct. 6/6 Water-pipes with heads and shoes.
f. A kind of drag or skid for a wheel of a vehicle; also the concave part of a brake, which acts upon the wheel (more fully brake shoe).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > other specific parts
armOE
button?1561
running gear1663
relax1676
collar1678
drumhead1698
long arm1717
drum1744
press cloth1745
head1785
absorber1789
bearing plate1794
crown1796
rhodings1805
press box1825
alternator1829
cushion1832
saw tooth1835
shoe1837
keyboard1839
returner1839
cross-head1844
channel shoe1845
baster1846
water port1864
shifter1869
magazine1873
entry port1874
upsetter1875
mechanism1876
tapper1876
tension bar1879
buttonholer1882
take-up1884
auger1886
instrument panel1897
balancer1904
torsion bar1937
powerhead1960
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > skid or lock to retard motion
trigger1591
drug1638
trigen1659
skid1766
drag1795
remskoen1816
slipper1827
shoe1837
sledge1839
hub1856
rough lock1858
spoke1858
wagon-drag1875
wagon-lock1875
wheel-lock1875
sprag1878
slipper-drag1883
slipper-brake1884
shod1893
1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. II. 377 The shoe or skid ought to be somewhat broader than the tire of the wheels.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2159/1 Shoe,..that part of a car-brake which is brought in contact with the wheel in the act of stopping a train.
1910 H. M. Hobart Dict. Electr. Engin. Brake shoe, a cast-iron or wooden block which is pressed against the rim of a car wheel, or against the track rails..to retard the motion of the car.
g. A strip of iron, steel, etc. fastened upon that part of a vehicle, machine, etc. which is liable to be worn out by friction.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > sleeves, coverings, or screens
spring box1696
jacket1815
faceplate1827
shoe1837
jacketing1842
splasher1848
splash-board1850
sleeve1865
shield1888
sleeving1923
mesh1926
1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. II. 805 Each division [of Brunel's tunnelling shield] was supported by two strong cast-iron plates, called shoes, and which rest upon gravel at the base.
1855 in Harper's Mag. (1884) Jan. 232/2 Her bow was raised out of the water three or four feet, her shoe taken off her keel, and her keel itself cut through.
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 246/2 The lower part of the trawl-head..is straight and flat... It is called the ‘shoe’, and is the part which slides over the ground.
h. A socket for the reception of a bolt, pin, or the like.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > a receding part > socket
base?c1335
mortisec1390
socket1448
hem1559
mortise hole1585
sock1803
shoe1858
bayonet-socket1892
1858 Skyring's Builders' Prices 9 Shutter shoes with screws.
1878 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing 368 Shoe or Shod, iron plates rivetted to the ends of wire rigging to receive shackle bolts.
i. Nautical. (See quot. 1769.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > fluke > wooden covering for
shoe1750
1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor Shoe for an Anchor is made of a Piece of Baulk,..one End cut with a Hole for the Bill…and the other with a triangular Notch to receive the Stock.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Shoe of the anchor, a small block of wood..having a small hole, sufficient to contain the point of the anchor-fluke... It is used to prevent the anchor from tearing..the planks on the ship's bow when ascending or descending.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.
j. A block, plate, etc. which serves as a socket or bearing for the foot of a pole, the legs of sheers, etc. to prevent slipping or sinking.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > shear-legs or gin > socket for foot
shoe1843
1843 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 112 The frames stand upon legs resting upon capacious shoes.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 62 A shoe is a piece of wood about four feet long, two feet wide, and nine inches thick, with a hole in the centre for the sheer to step in.
1894 Times 26 Feb. 3/6 There were no ‘shoes’ to prevent poles from slipping.
k. An iron plate shaped to receive the end of one or more pieces of timber in roof-construction.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > specific part in roof construction
shoe1842
1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 242/2 The principals [rafters] are fitted into cast iron shoes resting on the walls.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 156 The straining pieces [of a truss]..at their lower end..are fitted with a wrought iron shoe.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 156 A cast-iron double shoe, or housing for the reception of the upper ends of the principals.
l. (See quot. 1881.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding > parts of
hopperc1405
mill-hopper1568
stamper1602
pug cylinder1839
shoe1874
society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > machine for loading or packing broken material > part of
shoe1874
1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 410 Every casting, such as a shoe or die, in the battery is full of flaws.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 175 Shoe. A piece of iron or steel, attached to the bottom of a stamp or muller, for grinding ore. The shoe can be replaced when worn out.
m. That part of the breech which carries the breech block in a converted rifle.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > breech > other parts of breech
base1626
bridge pin1686
breech-pin1727
finger-piece1767
tang1805
hut1848
breech-lever1862
breech-screw1862
plunger1866
shoe1866
breech-block1881
breech-plug1881
console1882
crossbar1884
obturator1891
tray1909
1866 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 348 It is now found more convenient to make the whole of the breech arrangement separately, and this ‘shoe’ is screwed into the back end of the barrel.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. (1888) 141 The shoe of the breech carries within it the cylinder or breech-piece.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. (1888) 142 An iron frame or shoe is screwed on to the barrel. The breech block is placed in this shoe.
n. (See quot.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > cage > equipment used with
keep1849
butterfly1882
overwindera1884
shoe1883
slipper1883
kep1893
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Shoes, steel or iron guides fixed to the ends and sides of cages, to fit and run upon the conductors.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Shoe, an iron plate flanged at the sides to fit upon a colliery guide-rod. It is attached to the cage, and slides on the guide.
o. Electr. traction. A block attached to an electric car in such a position that it slides upon a conductor-wire or rail and collects the current for its propulsion.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > conductor used in transport > [noun] > collection point
shoe1891
rail bond1893
slipper1900
collector shoe1940
1891 Times 28 Sept. 13/6 The pulley has been abandoned in America as being inferior to the trolley or sliding shoe.
p. An ingot of precious metal, somewhat in the form of a Chinese shoe, but more like a boat, formerly current in the trade of the Far East and current until the early 20th cent. in silver in China.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > uncoined metal as medium of exchange
wedgec900
shoe1702
1702 in J. T. Wheeler Madras in Olden Time (1861) I. 397 One Hundred shoes of gold, or so many thousand Pagodas or Rupees.
1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India v. 132 Gold-makers..cast all the Gold, that comes through their Hands, into Shoos of about 10 Tale weight, 12 oz. 2 dwt. 4 gr.
1911 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 705 A Chinese high offical said..‘I cannot obtain an audience at Court unless I send a number of ‘shoes’ of silver.. to an Imperial Prince’.
q. A tyre. slang.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre
rubber1875
tyre1875
tirea1877
pneumatic1890
cushion1891
cushion-tire1891
pneu1891
solid tyre1891
balloon tyre1899
single-tube1904
tubular tyre1908
shoe1917
solid1919
tubular1924
air wheel1930
skin1954
tub1978
1917 E. E. Cummings Let. 2 Aug. (1969) 32 The rear axle looked like a mosquito's beak, and there were 2 shoes blown.
1934 R. Blaker Night-shift vii. 87 If the tyres were worn to the fabric smooth as an egg, he could dismiss this outlay as ‘a set of new shoes’.
r. A box for dealing the cards in baccarat or chemin de fer. Also, a game of baccarat.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > baccarat or chemin-de-fer > equipment
shoe1923
sabot1964
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > games of chance played with cards > [noun] > baccarat or chemin-de-fer
baccarat1866
chemin de fer1866
bac1906
chemmy1918
shoe1964
punto banco1969
1923 W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. xi. 149 Moordius dealt from the shoe. One card to the right, one to the left, one to himself.
1924 W. J. Locke Coming of Amos viii. 101 ‘Chemin de fer’... She..handed him shoe and cards and counters.
1930 D. Byrne Golden Goat i. 8 They were only interested in the passing of the ‘shoe’ as the chemin-de-fer box is called.
1960 O. Manning Great Fortune i. 54 Hadjimoscos took his place before the shoe. As soon as he had drawn cards, he became serious and businesslike.
1964 A. Wykes Gambling xiii. 324 Zographos could remember every card that was played throughout a game (or ‘shoe’) of baccarat.
1965 D. Francis Odds Against iv. 52 He kept his side of the bargain by digging out the chemmy shoe.
1976 ‘J. Welcome’ Grand National iv. 54 The bank passed and the polished walnut and silver shoe slid along the table to a gaunt, henna-haired woman.
s. On a camera, a socket or other mounting for the temporary attachment of an accessory.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > sockets for accessories
accessory shoe1949
shoe1953
hot shoe1955
1953 A. Matheson Leica Way 47 The Leica 1f and 1c models carry a detachable brilliant viewfinder..in one of the two accessory shoes.
1971 Amateur Photographer 13 Jan. 57/1 (advt.) Center flash contact (hot shoe).
1979 SLR Camera Feb. 74/1 The modification consists of adding an extra contact to the shoe of the sensor lead.
Compounds
General attributive. C1. Simple attributive.
a. (In sense 1.)† shoe-knot n. Obsolete† shoe market n. Scottish Obsolete
shoe-bag n.
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1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School vii. 139 Hang your dresses up..and put your shoes in the shoe-bag.
1972 J. Wilson Hide & Seek i. 7 The children began to pour out into the playground. Alice was..dragging her shoe bag along after her.
shoe-clasp n.
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1797 J. Robinson Directory of Sheffield 52 Shoe-clasp, and seal maker.
shoe-factory n.
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1855 J. Holbrook Ten Years among Mail Bags 276 How many persons are employed in that shoe factory?
1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye vi. 111 She told him all of her life in the shoe factory.
shoe heel n.
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1716 London Gaz. No. 5466/4 A middle sized Man.., Lame of his Left Leg, his Left Foot Shoe-heel half a Quarter of a Yard high.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Shoeing Strong shoe-heels are an ease to the weak heels, and fetlocks of horses.
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1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough iv. i That which they call pin-money, is to buy everything.., down to their very shoe-knots.
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shoe ribbon n.
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1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 29 His shoe ribbons are also embroidered.
shoe-rose n. (rose n.1 10.)
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1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. xvii. 203 The very shoe-roses for Netherfield were got by proxy. View more context for this quotation
shoe-shop n.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling clothes, cloth, or accessories
glovery1483
small storesa1643
woollen-drapery1688
slop-shop1723
mercery1773
Manchester warehouse1788
shoe-store1789
haberdashery1813
shoe-shop1824
clothing store1829
mourning house1849
mourning warehousec1860
bootery1920
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 8 The fair nymph of the shoe-shop.
shoe-sole n.
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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 395 Nero..usede scho soles of silver.
1867 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. (new ed.) p. xli For she felt sartin-sure he'd come, Down to her very shoe-sole.
shoe-store n. (originally U.S.)
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling clothes, cloth, or accessories
glovery1483
small storesa1643
woollen-drapery1688
slop-shop1723
mercery1773
Manchester warehouse1788
shoe-store1789
haberdashery1813
shoe-shop1824
clothing store1829
mourning house1849
mourning warehousec1860
bootery1920
1789 Boston Directory 175 Bond and Bryant, shoe-store.
1813 Boston (Mass.) Rec. (1908) XXXVIII. 84 The old Town house adjoining his shoe store.
1976 Milton Keynes Express 11 June 12/2 The shoe store of Leslie Wheeler at New Bradwell.
shoe-strap n.
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1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Shoestrap, a shoe string.
shoe-thread n.
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1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 53 Vse ton for thy spinning, leaue Mighel the tother: for shoothrede.
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. ii, in Wks. I. 569 Shee has a perruke, that's like a pound of hempe, made vp in shoo-thrids . View more context for this quotation
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shoe-thread Maker.
shoe-tip n.
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1897 C. M. Flandrau Harvard Episodes 64 From the bit of white ribbon twisted through her hair..to the non-committal exposure of shoe-tip.
shoe-top n.
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1689 Rector's Bk., Clayworth (1910) 89 Ye 27th o' March was a snow to ye shooe-tops.
shoe-trade n.
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society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in other specific articles
pig market1647
lumber-trade1689
oilery1830
whale-trade1840
shoe-trade1850
nitrate trade1871
cannabusiness1980
1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Shoe-trade, the trade of making boots and shoes.
b. Also in the names of shoemakers' tools.
shoe nippers n.
shoe pincers n.
shoe pliers n.
c. (In sense 5.)
shoe-seat n.
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1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 112/1 The ‘shoe seat’ or base of the frame is more deeply imbedded in the wood than is usual.
C2. Objective and objective genitive.
a.
shoe-clouter n. Scottish
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1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. 188 Quhais fals prophetes ar maid of Tinklaris, schocloutaris [etc.].
shoe-factor n.
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shoe-factor, a wholesale dealer in shoes.
shoe-repairer n.
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1933 Radio Times 14 Apr. 127/1 The well-known Kensington Shoe Repairers.
1976 M. Hinxman End of Good Woman vii. 94 Shoe repairer, now that was ‘poshe’ if you like!
shoe-rivetter n.
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1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Nov. 6/2 Boot and shoe rivetters and finishers.
shoe-stitcher n.
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1891 ‘S. C. Scrivener’ Our Fields & Cities iii. 26 Further, over the Huntingdonshire ground, where the shoe-stitchers have extended.
shoe-vamper n.
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1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxvi. 92 Here the clothesman, the shoe-vamper, and the rag-merchant display their goods.
shoe-wearer n.
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1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee Ep. to Rdr. sig. A3v Thou Histiæus wast the Shoemaker, but Aristagoras was the Shoewearer.
shoe-worker n.
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1888 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 23 Nov. The shoe-workers' strike and lock-out.
b.
shoe-soling n.
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1842 A. Raleigh Rec. Life (1881) iii. 19 I have had to pay a good deal in books, shoe-soling, medicine, etc.
shoe-wearing n.
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1902 Munsey's Mag. 24 854/2 After a year of constant shoe wearing, the gravel hurt her feet.
c. machines: see E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875–84.
shoe-embossing adj.
shoe-eyeleting adj.
shoe-pegging adj.
shoe-sewing adj.
C3. Special combinations. Also shoeblack n., shoehorn n., shoe leather n.† shoe clout n. Obsolete a cloth for wiping shoes. † shoe-pride n. Obsolete ostentatious foot-wear (nonce-use). † shoe-thong n. Obsolete a leathern shoe-latchet.† shoe-turner n. Obsolete the workman who ‘turns’ or cuts to shape the soles of shoes.
shoe-beak n. = shoe-bird n.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Balaenicipitidae (shoe-bill)
shoe-bill1861
shoe-bird1861
shoe-beak1869
whale-headed stork1875
whale-head1884
1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds IV. 59 The Whale-headed Stork, or Shoe-beak (Balæniceps rex).
shoe-bench n. U.S. a shoemaker's bench.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > other
thumb-stall1589
stopping sticka1600
dresser1600
heel-block1600
rubbing pin1600
stopper1600
petty boy1688
shoe-bench1841
shoe hairs1859
fudge-wheel1874
shoe-hammer1875
size-stick1875
trimming-machine1877
heel breaster1879
slugger1892
waist-hammer1895
waist-iron1895
1841 Knickerbocker May 362 A few weeks' rumination on the shoe-bench, or cogitation on the tailor's board.
1891 Harper's Mag. June 57/1 An express wagon was..loaded with the old shoe bench.
shoe-bill n. (a) = shoe-bird n.; so shoe-bill(ed) stork; (b) a kind of nail used in shoemaking.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Balaenicipitidae (shoe-bill)
shoe-bill1861
shoe-bird1861
shoe-beak1869
whale-headed stork1875
whale-head1884
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > nail for fastening parts of
shoe-nailc725
sparablea1627
sparrow-bill1629
boot-naila1661
peg1714
shoe pin1714
shoe peg1854
shoe-bill1861
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 20 Feb. (1954) III. 381 There is a shoe-bill, a great bird of grotesque ugliness.
1874 H. M. Labouchere & W. Jesse tr. A. E. Brehm Bird-life 191 Balæniceps Rex, the Boot-bill, or Shoe-bill, as the Arab tribes of East Soudan call it.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 91 Nail manufacture... Shoe Bill, Cutter.
1957 Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.): Zool. 5 111 (heading) The Pelecaniform characters of the skeleton of the Shoe-bill Stork.
1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating iii. 40 A person points to the beak of a shoe~billed stork and says That's a big bill.
1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 17 Dec. 6/3 Shoebill stork..is one of only eight.
shoe-binder n. (see quot. 1858); so shoe-bindery, shoe binding.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > binding
shoe binding1809
shoe-bindery1848
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > binding > one who
shoe-binder1809
boot-binder-
1809 Longworth's New York Directory 227 Shoebinder.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 80 Miss Evans..had adopted in early life the harmless pursuit of shoe-binding.
1848 in Amer. Industrial Soc. (1910) VIII. 200 Shoe~bindery.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shoe-binder, a female who attaches the leather or ribbon binding to a shoe.
shoe-bird n. a bird, Balæniceps rex, found in Central Africa.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Balaenicipitidae (shoe-bill)
shoe-bill1861
shoe-bird1861
shoe-beak1869
whale-headed stork1875
whale-head1884
1861 J. Petherick Egypt, Soudan & Central Afr. 475 Six shoe-birds, so called by the Arabs, or royal balaeniceps.
shoe-block n. (see quot. 1794).
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1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 156 Shoe-blocks are two single blocks, cut in a solid piece, transversely to each other.
shoe-board n. (a) a shoe-cleaner's bench; (b) a pedal of a silk-winding machine.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > other equipment of shoe-cleaner
shoe-board1845
block1872
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > winding on spool or bobbin > machine for > for silk thread > parts of
star1777
shoe-board1845
1845 Glance at Interior of China (Shanghae) 82 A couple of grooves, on which the shoe-board is to rest.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. ix. 415 Tom..sat down on the shoe-board, while the old man told his tale.
shoe-boy n. a shoeblack.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > one who
black-shoe boy1725
Japanner1725
shoe-cleaner1725
shoe-blacker1735
shoe-boy1735
shoeblack1772
boot-black1817
boot-boy1860
shoe-shiner1910
shiner1912
1735 J. Swift Humble Addr. to Parl. in Wks. IV. 220 If I employ a Shoe-boy, is it in view to his Advantage, or to my own Convenience?
1820 J. Hogg in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 392 He makes your homebred coxcomb look a shoeboy.
shoe-brush n. a brush for cleaning and polishing shoes; also attributive of an object shaped like a shoe-brush.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > implement for
shoe cloutc1425
shoe-rag1594
shoe-brush1740
blacking brush1850
boot-sponge1863
1740 E. Purefoy in Purefoy Lett. 8 Mar. (1931) II. x. 248 I received Mr Robotham's letter..with half a dozen of oranges, a dozen of Delft plates, & 2 shoe Brushes.
1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 12 This was done..with water and a stiff shoe-brush.
1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 185 For use in difficult angles an extra leggat is used, having a shoe-brush handle to make it easy to use in those awkard places.
shoe buckle n. a fastening for a shoe, in the form of a buckle, also an ornamental buckle worn on the front of a shoe.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > ornamental trimmings
shoe buckle1482
rosea1586
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > fastenings > buckle
shoe buckle1482
1482 in York Myst. Introd. 40 [Those that] maketh ffisshe-hukes or shobakilles.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxix. 359 A large pair of paste shoe-buckles.
shoe-butt n. thick leather (see butt n.11) for making the soles of shoes.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather for boots or shoes
sole-leather1408
clout-leathera1500
bend-leather1581
footing1591
upper leather1629
capping-leathera1642
shoe leather1660
crop-sole1824
pannus corium1841
shoe-butt1858
rough stuff1860
zug1899
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shoe-butts, stout leather suited for soles.
shoe-button n. (a) a button used for fastening a boot or a shoe; frequently attributive of a small expressionless eye; (b) a small black spider, Latrodectus mactans.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc.
steepc1000
standing1340
glazenc1380
glassy1412
ungladlyc1450
sparklinga1500
goggle1540
pinking1566
whally1590
vailed1591
unweeping1598
dejected1600
unwet1601
glossed1602
haggard1605
saucer-like1612
saucer1618
glaring1622
uncast1629
startling1648
poppinga1696
upraised1707
glancy1733
glazed1735
almond1786
open-eyed1799
bald1807
glazing1808
lustreless1810
unfathomable1817
vague1820
soulless1824
beady1826
socketless1833
fishy1836
glazy1838
popped1849
agoggled1860
uprolled1864
unfaceted1893
shoe-button1895
poppy1899
googly1901
slitty1908
bead-berry1923
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > fastenings > button
shoe-button1895
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 525/2 Button Machine... No family should be without this machine..for putting on their own shoe buttons.
1927 Daily Express 21 July 2/7 A small black spider known to entomologists as ‘latrodectus mactans’, and commonly called the ‘black widow’ or ‘shoebutton’, which has been introduced from Oriental ports into North America concealed in fruit and lumber, and caused more than twenty deaths last month.
1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude v. 170 Lust ogling me for a dollar with oily shoe-button Italian eyes!
1973 ‘A. Gilbert’ Is she Dead Too? (rev. ed.) ii. 29 Her eyes round and hard as shoe buttons.
shoe-case n. a saddle case in which one or more spare horseshoes are carried.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > storage of shoes
shoe-case1843
1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross II. vii. 179 A sandwich-case for one side, and a shoe-case for t'other.
shoe-cleaner n. = shoeblack n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > one who
black-shoe boy1725
Japanner1725
shoe-cleaner1725
shoe-blacker1735
shoe-boy1735
shoeblack1772
boot-black1817
boot-boy1860
shoe-shiner1910
shiner1912
1725 D. Defoe Everybody's Business (title page) A Proposal..for clearing the Streets of those Vermin call'd Shoe-Cleaners.
shoe-cleaning n. and adj.
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1716 J. Gay Trivia Index Shoe-cleaning Boys.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. x. 246 That very cloak-brushing, shoe-cleaning fellow.., my lord's lacquey.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > implement for
shoe cloutc1425
shoe-rag1594
shoe-brush1740
blacking brush1850
boot-sponge1863
c1425 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1274 Syr ye do me wrong..to put thys creature..to be her vnderlowte, As hit were a castaway or a shoo clowte.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iv. vii. 230/1 Some greasy Dish-clout, or some dirty Shooe-clout.
shoe-deep adj. U.S. deep enough to cover a person's shoes.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > of specific depth
deepOE
knee-deep1535
ankle-deep1597
waist-deep1763
shoe-deep1773
thigh-deep1851
yard-deep-
1773 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. 28 Dec. in Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 75 Last night there fell a snow, which is about half Shoe-deep.
1891 M. E. Wilkins New Eng. Nun 174 There had been a light fall of snow..but it was not shoe-deep.
shoe-finder n. U.S. one who deals in shoemakers' tools and appliances.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in shoes or shoemaker's goods
shoeman1841
shoe mercer?1881
shoe-finder1909
bootman1927
1909 Boston Transcript 19 July 14/5 The National Leather and Shoe Finders' Association.
shoe findings n. plural tools and material for shoemaking.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for
grindery1805
finding1822
shoe findings1836
kit1845
furnishings1892
1836 in Amer. Industrial Soc. VI. 37 Shoe findings.
shoe-flower n. Anglo-Indian the flower of the Hibiscus Rosasinensis (Yule).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > China-rose
China-rose1731
Martinique rose1797
shoe-flower1814
shoeblack1837
1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis I. 176 They are also put to a use which seems little consistent with their elegance and beauty, that of blacking shoes, whence their names of rosæ calceolariæ and shoe-flower.
1834 G. Bennett Wanderings New S. Wales II. x. 203 The Malays use the flowers of this shrub for cleansing shoes... This is probably the cause of its being called the shoe-flower.
shoe hairs n. plural prepared bristles for shoemakers' use.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > other
thumb-stall1589
stopping sticka1600
dresser1600
heel-block1600
rubbing pin1600
stopper1600
petty boy1688
shoe-bench1841
shoe hairs1859
fudge-wheel1874
shoe-hammer1875
size-stick1875
trimming-machine1877
heel breaster1879
slugger1892
waist-hammer1895
waist-iron1895
1859 F. S. Cooper Ironmongers' Catal. 160 Shoe Hairs... Shoe Knives.
shoe-hammer n. a shoemakers' hammer with a broad convex face and wide thin peen.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > other
thumb-stall1589
stopping sticka1600
dresser1600
heel-block1600
rubbing pin1600
stopper1600
petty boy1688
shoe-bench1841
shoe hairs1859
fudge-wheel1874
shoe-hammer1875
size-stick1875
trimming-machine1877
heel breaster1879
slugger1892
waist-hammer1895
waist-iron1895
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2161/1 Shoe-hammer.
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shoe-hand n. a shoemaking operative.
shoe-knife n. a shoemakers' knife.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > knife
shaping knifec1340
trenketc1440
shaving-iron1541
butt1846
tranchet1858
shoe-knife1859
1859Shoe-knife [see shoe hairs n.].
shoe-lace n. a lace used to fasten a shoe by passing it in and out through eyelet-holes.
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1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A shoe-lace, een schoe-lint, ofte schoe-riem.
shoe-last n. = last n.1 2; also figurative; also used attributively in Archaeology to designate or with reference to polished stone implements, flat on one side and curved on the other, found in the area of neolithic Danubian culture.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > last
tree1541
boot-last1611
shoe-last1647
boot-tree1766
shoe-tree1827
hobbing foot1866
shoe-stretcher1875
hobbing boot1907
the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > archaeology > artefacts
scyphus1722
ceraunite1814
skyphos1847
shaft-hole1852
ostracon1853
scramasax1862
shard1865
ovate1872
omphalos1884
stop-ridge1894
tsung1904
pygmy flint1907
spacer1907
dotaku1908
yuan1912
roughout1913
rostro-carinate1919
shawabti1922
racloir1923
shoe-last1927
sleeve1929
ard1931
proto-biface1967
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A shoe-last, een schoe-leest.
1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xi. 81 An instrument..proposed for the purpose of making shoe-lasts.
1879 G. M. Hopkins Lett. to R. Bridges (1955) 76 Look upon them [sc. suggestions] as shoelasts on which to shape your final handiwork.
1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Priests & Kings vi. 126 They had..stone celts or hoes, among which is a type, not unlike that found in the Danube basin, known as the shoe-last celt.
1929 V. G. Childe Danube in Prehist. 40 The universal stone implement of the Danubian I culture is the polished adze or hoe... It may be termed a ‘shoe-last’ celt, though strictly that name should be confined to the narrow chisel-like specimens.
1961 G. Clark World Prehist. vi. 126 Boian pioneers..used a variety of stone tools, including adze-blades of bevelled and shoe-last form.
1970 W. Bray & D. Trump Dict. Archaeol. 210/2 Shoe-last adze or celt, a long thin stone adze employed by the Danubian farmers of the Early Neolithic, possibly as a hoe for cultivating their fields.
shoe-latch n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > fastenings > lace, thong, or strap
latchetc1440
langueta1500
shoe-latchet1526
shoe-tie1600
shoestring1616
latch1653
tab1674
languid1688
shoe whang1691
shoe-latch1884
1884 A. S. Swan Carlowrie i. 19 She was neat and smart, down to the very shoe-latch.
shoe-latchet n. = latchet n. 1c.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > fastenings > lace, thong, or strap
latchetc1440
langueta1500
shoe-latchet1526
shoe-tie1600
shoestring1616
latch1653
tab1674
languid1688
shoe whang1691
shoe-latch1884
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark i. f. xliijv Whos shue latchett I am not worthy to stoupe doune and vnlose.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xiv. D A shue lachet.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xiv. 27.
shoe-licker n. figurative an abject sycophant or toady.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer
papelard1340
placeboc1395
fawnerc1440
pickthank1460
adulator?a1475
earwigc1475
curry-favel1515
men-pleaser1526
gnatho1533
upcreeperc1540
claw-back1549
curry-favourer1563
man-pleaser1564
claw-poll1569
please-man1570
sycophant1575
curry-favour1577
capper1587
insinuator1598
clawera1603
scrape-shoe1607
suck-fist1611
courtiera1616
foot lickera1616
fleerera1627
wriggler1631
fawn1635
limberham1689
toad-eater1742
tuft-hunter1755
arse-kisser1766
sleeve-creeper1809
lick-spit1822
lickspittle1825
shoe-licker1826
toady1826
toad1831
toader1842
bootlicker1846
bootlick1849
favour-currier1855
lubricator1872
bum-sucker1877
handshaker1884
suck1900
mbongo1911
sucker-up1911
apple-polisher1918
snurge1933
ass-licker1939
brown-nose1939
brown-noser1942
arse-licker1951
ass-kisser1951
greaser1959
suck-hole1966
suck-up1970
bumboy1984
fly-
1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 14 Oct. 180 I challenge all his shoe-lickers, all the base worshippers of twenty thousand acres, to show me [etc.].
shoe-lift n. = shoehorn n. 1.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > with specific clothing > footwear > instrument to facilitate insertion of foot
shoeing-hornc1440
chaucepe1499
shoehorn1589
boot-hook1808
shoe-lifter1846
shoe-lift1862
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxvii. §5012 This golosh..is put on without the aid of a shoe-lift.
shoe-lifter n. = shoe-lift n.; hence shoe-lifter-like adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > with specific clothing > footwear > instrument to facilitate insertion of foot
shoeing-hornc1440
chaucepe1499
shoehorn1589
boot-hook1808
shoe-lifter1846
shoe-lift1862
1846 W. King in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 18 86 In this species [of Terebratula] the condyle plates are attached to a process, which, to use a homely comparison, resembles a shoe-lifter.
1850 W. King Permian Fossils 136 The shoe-lifter-like process.
shoeman n. (a) see quot. 1841; (b) one who makes or deals in shoes.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in shoes or shoemaker's goods
shoeman1841
shoe mercer?1881
shoe-finder1909
bootman1927
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > shoemaking > shoemaker
souterc1000
cordwainera1100
shoemaker1381
corviser1401
seatsman1719
crispin1721
snob1785
lad of wax1794
shoeman1841
snobber1900
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > one who makes specific parts of
heel-maker1611
shoeman1841
seatsman?1881
1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 410/2 [Shoemaker's workmen:] The shoeman or maker of the sole part of the shoe.
1899 W. D. Howells Ragged Lady 59 The shoeman, turning with a pair of high-heeled bronze slippers in his hand from the wagon.
shoe mercer n. one who deals in shoemercery.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in shoes or shoemaker's goods
shoeman1841
shoe mercer?1881
shoe-finder1909
bootman1927
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 76 Shoe Mercer, Shoe Mercery Manufacturer.
shoemercery n. laces, buttons, and other small wares of a boot and shoe dealer.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > goods sold by other specific traders
cutlery1624
saltery ware1628
millinery1676
ironmongery1711
hardware1723
cheesemongery1760
confectionery1769
hosiery1790
hattery1824
drysaltery1847
shoemercery1862
drapery1897
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxvii. §4964 Elastic webs, and shoe mercery.
shoe-nail n. a nail used in fastening on the soles of shoes, also a projecting nail put in the soles of shoes to prevent slipping.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > nail for fastening parts of
shoe-nailc725
sparablea1627
sparrow-bill1629
boot-naila1661
peg1714
shoe pin1714
shoe peg1854
shoe-bill1861
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > spikes or prongs to prevent slipping
ice spur?a1549
frosts1718
calk1805
spur1820
spike1832
sprig1835
mud-shoe1846
clamper1856
shoe-nail1860
ice calk1863
c725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) C 480 Clauus caligaris scohnegl.
1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Shoe-nail, a nail used in making shoes.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 28 My guide first tried the slope alone; biting the ice with his shoe-nails.
shoe-parlour n. U.S. a shoe-cleaning shop.
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1906 Washington Post 29 Apr. 9 Dainty society women performed the menial task of shining men's shoes. The improvised shoe parlor was in All Souls' Unitarian Church.
shoe peg n. = peg n.1 2d.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > nail for fastening parts of
shoe-nailc725
sparablea1627
sparrow-bill1629
boot-naila1661
peg1714
shoe pin1714
shoe peg1854
shoe-bill1861
1854 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps 13 The Yankee having whittled a large lot of unsaleable shoe-pegs into melon seeds.
shoe-piece n. (a) (see quot. 1867); (b) a piece of wood at the back of a chair, supporting the splat.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > parts of chairs > other parts
round1599
staff1851
show-wood1864
shoe-piece1867
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Shoe-piece, a board placed under the heel of a spar or other weighty mass, to save the deck. In some cases intended to slip with it.
1923 J. C. Rogers Eng. Furnit. ii. ii. 63 The splat..rose from a shaped shoe-piece planted on the rear seat rail.
1969 J. Gloag Short Dict. Furnit. (rev. ed.) 607 Shoe-piece, the shaped projection that rises from the back rail of a chair seat, into which the base of the splat is socketed.
shoe pin n. = shoe peg n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > nail for fastening parts of
shoe-nailc725
sparablea1627
sparrow-bill1629
boot-naila1661
peg1714
shoe pin1714
shoe peg1854
shoe-bill1861
1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 224 A Cobler,..if he runs of Errants when he has no work, or makes but Shoepins,..he deserves the Name of Industrious.
shoe-plate n. (see quot. 1904).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > keel and kelson > keel > plate covering keel
shoe-plate1904
1904 A. C. Holms Pract. Shipbuilding i. viii. §75. 79 In coasting vessels..the bottom of the keel gradually wears away... It is remedied by fitting shoe plates, i.e. U-shaped plates embracing the keel.
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1613 J. Sylvester Lacrymæ Lacrymarum B 4 Stript from Top to Toe, Of guiddie-Gaudes,..Of Face-pride,..Shoo-pride.
shoe-rag n. = shoe clout n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > implement for
shoe cloutc1425
shoe-rag1594
shoe-brush1740
blacking brush1850
boot-sponge1863
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. L4v Taffaty..which serueth him..for a shoo-rag.
shoe-rail n. a rod for supporting shoes in a wardrobe or similar piece of furniture.
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1928 Daily Mail Year Bk. p. lxxxvii Fitted wardrobe..with..shoe rails (with space for 6 pairs).
shoe-scraper n. = scraper n. 5.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > mats and scrapers
doormat1665
scraper1745
mud-scraper1788
bear1795
foot scraper1796
mata1818
shoe-scraper1842
scraper-mat1884
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 169 Portable shoe-scrapers of cast-iron.
shoe-shine n. (also shoeshine) originally and chiefly U.S. a polish given to shoes, esp. by a shoe-shiner; frequently attributive.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun]
boot-cleaning1838
boot-blacking1866
shine1871
shoe-blacking1902
shoe-shine1911
1911 H. P. Fairchild Greek Immigration to U.S. vii. 127 In 1904 there were but three shoe-shine parlors in the hands of Greeks in the city.
1931 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 29 Oct. Cecil, the Negro shoe shine boy at the City barber shop, has organized a band.
1957 New Yorker 5 Oct. 35/1 President Romano,..resting tensely in his shirtsleeves, getting a shoeshine.
1958 X. Fielding Corsair Country i. 20 Where's the nobility in..these importunate shoe-shine boys?
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 21 Feb. 4/2 Complaints about the all-female shoeshine parlors in Salt Lake City may diminish... The commissioners said that the parlors..must not allow the shoe shiners to mingle with the customers or sit on their laps.
shoe-shiner n. one who polishes shoes for money.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > one who
black-shoe boy1725
Japanner1725
shoe-cleaner1725
shoe-blacker1735
shoe-boy1735
shoeblack1772
boot-black1817
boot-boy1860
shoe-shiner1910
shiner1912
1910 Chambers's Jrnl. July 431/1 The hotel will not be bothered with boot-cleaning, that service being performed by the ‘shoe-shiner’ in the basement.
1976Shoe shiner [see shoe-shine n.]. shoesmith n. a shoeing-smith (obsolete or archaic).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > one who
marshallOE
ferrer1426
shoer1483
farrier1562
horse-smith1580
horse-shoer1591
shoesmith1625
shoeing smith1809
smithy1847
1625 in W. T. Baker Rec. Borough Nottingham (1900) V. 103 Wee present Francis Levys, laborer, for vsinge the trade of a shoesmithe..and nott being Apprentice.
1896 A. Austin England's Darling ii. iii. 42 Woodcraft and masonry, Shoesmith or wheelwright, all are one to him.
shoe-stirrup n. a stirrup shaped like a shoe ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
shoe-stone n. (see quot. 1858).
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shoe~stones, sharpening or setting-stones..for the use of shoe~makers, book-binders,..&c.
shoe-stretcher n. (see quot. 1875).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > last
tree1541
boot-last1611
shoe-last1647
boot-tree1766
shoe-tree1827
hobbing foot1866
shoe-stretcher1875
hobbing boot1907
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2164/1 Shoe-stretcher, an expansible last for distending shoes.
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c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) i. 27 Ne eom ic wyrðe þæt ic unbinde his sceo-þwang.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10387 Þatt he ne wass nohht god inoh. Cristess sho þwang tunnbindenn.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 137 Ac ich nam noht ne forðen wurðe þat ich un-cnutte his sho þuong.
shoe-tie n. = shoestring n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > fastenings > lace, thong, or strap
latchetc1440
langueta1500
shoe-latchet1526
shoe-tie1600
shoestring1616
latch1653
tab1674
languid1688
shoe whang1691
shoe-latch1884
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Induct. sig. Biiv But that a Rooke in wearing..A yard of shoe-tie,..should affect a Humour, O, 'tis more than most ridiculous. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 600 Gloue, Shooe-tye, Bracelet. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. iii. 16 Then haue we heere..braue Mr Shootie the great Traueller. View more context for this quotation]
1851 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales I. ii. 29 [She] blushes from topknot to shoetie, one universal scarlet.
shoe-tree n. = boot-tree n. at boot n.3 Compounds 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > last
tree1541
boot-last1611
shoe-last1647
boot-tree1766
shoe-tree1827
hobbing foot1866
shoe-stretcher1875
hobbing boot1907
1827 B. Drake & E. D. Mansfield Cincinnati in 1826 viii. 60 In the third story the manufacture of shoe trees is carried on.
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxvii. §5025 Boot and shoe trees.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > one who trims
shoe-turner1486
heel parer1880
knifer1888
1486 Bk. St. Albans f. vii A Plocke of Shoturneris.
shoe-valve n. (see quot. 1875).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > valves
clap1626
clack1634
clapper1769
butterfly valve1809
suction valve1831
clack-valve1850
shoe-valve1858
butterfly clack1859
trap-valve1877
1858 Skyring's Builders' Prices 100 Long Spindle, or Shoe Valves.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2164/1 Shoe-valve,..a valve at the foot of a pump-stock, or at the bottom of a reservoir.
shoeward adv. and adj. (a) adv. towards the shoe; (b) adj. directed towards the shoe.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [adverb] > towards the shoe
shoeward1607
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [adjective] > towards the shoe
shoeward1852
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 60 Assoone as any naile is driuen in, you shall turne the point backe againe, downe to the shooe ward.
1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 163 He looked submission with a shoeward eye.
shoe whang n. dialect = shoe-thong n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > fastenings > lace, thong, or strap
latchetc1440
langueta1500
shoe-latchet1526
shoe-tie1600
shoestring1616
latch1653
tab1674
languid1688
shoe whang1691
shoe-latch1884
1691 Nicholson Gloss. Northanhymbr. in Ray Coll. 148 Shoe-whang, corrigia.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Shoe-whang, shough-whaing, a boot lace, a shoe tie. Usually called a whang or whaing simply.
shoe-wiper n. a servant who cleans shoes.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > shoe or boot-cleaner
shoe-wiper1707
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 19 Every thing at free Cost, from a Steward, down to a Shoe-wiper.
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shoelace n. a long string of liquorice, sold as confectionery; cf. lace n. 1e.
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1921 Berkeley (Calif.) Daily Gaz. 22 Nov. 6/2 Shoe lace licorice, animal crackers,..and other forms of penny candies that children delight in and play with before eating.
1930 N.Y. Times 26 Jan. 8 xx/7 America's licorice industry..delighting its children with ‘shoe-lace’ candy.
1947 E. Berridge Tell it to Stranger (2000) 115 Here, as a schoolgirl, she had chosen among the long shoelaces of licorice, the jelly-babies, the bright spurious cornets.
1975 N.Y. Times 19 Jan. 50 (advt.) You raced to the candy store and spent hours trying to decide between the wax lips, jawbreakers,..and licorice shoelaces.
2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 Oct. 4 You sound like Adrian Mole being throttled with a liquorice shoelace.
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shoe bite n. colloquial (originally and chiefly Indian English) a sore area on the skin of the foot caused by friction from ill-fitting footwear, a blister or abrasion; (also) a condition characterized by such abrasions.
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1873 Sketch Med. Hist. Native Army Bombay 1872 (Office of Surgeon General, Indian Medical Dept.) 13 Contusions furnished 71 admissions, they were usually of a trival [sic] nature, and chiefly shoe-bites.
1967 Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 7 Sept. 13/1 How many people get what I call ‘shoe-bite’ from new shoes?
2019 Asianetindia.com (Nexis) 4 Oct. Apply candle wax to the areas of the shoe that are causing shoe bite. Wax will soften the area which..will prevent you from getting a shoe bite.
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shoeadj.
/ʃuː/, U.S. /ʃu/ U.S. slang.
Conforming to the dress, behaviour, or attitudes of students at exclusive educational establishments; acceptable to or commended by such people.
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1962 Punch 13 June 895/3 A girl at these institutions [sc. schools] must prove herself to be ‘shoe’—and woe betide her if her dress and manner don't manifest..‘shoeness’.
1973 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 June 38/3 Perhaps it is significant that one favourite mode of protest in the fifties was satire. We—a lot of us—were cool, ironic, ‘shoe’.
1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 222/2 Shoe, adj. Top-drawer. Very acceptable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
shoev.
/ʃuː/, U.S. /ʃu//ʃɒd/, rarely shoed /ʃuːd/. Forms: infinitive Old English scógan, scógean, sceógan, scóan, sceón, sceóian, Middle English scheo, Middle English, 1500s sho, Middle English schoye, Middle English–1600s shoo, Middle English scho, Middle English–1500s show, (Middle English schoyn), 1500s–1600s shooe, shoue, (1500s shu, schoe, schue, sue, sew), 1500s– shoe. past tense Old English scóde, Middle English scoide, soide, Middle English schodde, 1800s shoed, 1500s– shod. past participle Old English ( ge)scód, ( ge)sceód, Middle English scod, sod, i-schud, iscod, Middle English ischood, Middle English i-schod, Middle English–1500s schod, Middle English–1500s shodd(e, (Middle English shood, schood), Middle English y-shood, y-schod, schodde, Middle English–1500s shode, 1500s shoode, showed, shoyd, 1600s shoad, shoud, 1600s–1800s shoed, (1600s, 1800s shodden), Middle English– shod. 1. transitive. To put shoes on (one's feet); to put on (one's) shoes; to clothe or protect the feet with shoes; to provide (a person, oneself) with boots or shoes.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > footwear
shoec897
boot1468
sandal1713
streek1815
clog1827
slipper1856
beslipper1866
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care v. 44 Sceogeað eowre fett.
c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xxvi. 158 Calceo vel calcio ic scoge me.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 382 Se engel cwæð, Begyrd þe, and sceo þe, and fylig me.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 15 Herefter scheoȝinde & claðinde ou. seggeð. pater noster & credo.
a1300 Havelok 1138 I ne may hire fede, ne cloþe, ne sho.
c1366 Romaunt Rose 842 And shod he was..With shoon decoped, and with laas.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 411 They..gooþ i-hosed and i-schod.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xcvi. 1246 Ofte þey [sc. apes] schoen hemself wiþ schoon þat hunters leuen in certeyn places sliliche.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 704/1 I shoo one, I put shoes upon his fete.
1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 13 The name of Chaucer..signyfyinge one who shueth or hooseth a manne.
1794 C. Pigott Female Jockey Club 195 Government..cannot spare wherewithall to keep the poor fellows feet properly shoed.
1846 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings (new ed.) 10 The shoemaker..travels from house to house, shoeing the family.
1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xv. 199 Shod with snow-shoes..Forth to hunt..went Chibiabos.
1910 Nation 30 July 644/1 Women never learned to shoe themselves till they took to playing outdoor games with men.
2. figurative.1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 95 This is his Fourth Wife; then he has been shod round.1788 F. Grose Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) at Shod A parson who attends a funeral is said to be shod all round, when he receives a hat~band, gloves, and scarf.
a. To provide (a horse, etc.) with a shoe or shoes. †Also with up. shod all round: completely shod.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > shoe [verb (transitive)]
shoec1275
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [adjective] > shod
frost-shod1603
shod all round1776
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11124 Heo wipeden hors leoue..heo sceren heo scoiden [c1300 Otho and soide hire stedes].
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 395 He..schodde his mules wiþ silver.
1435 Coventry Leet Bk. 185 The smythes..shall..show straungers horsies as-well on Sondais as on othur weke-days,..apon the payn of xld.
?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. xlviii Gyue thy horse mete, se he be shoed well.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) iv. v. 180 It were a delicate stratagem to shoo A Troope of Horse with Felt.
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xvi. 290 You may shooe him up, but drive no naile at that place.
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 99 He stayd in the high waye..vntill my horse was shod.
1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 27 June 320/2 A Bay Mare,..a natural trotter, shod all round, remarkably bad to shoe behind.
1870 W. Thornbury Tour Eng. II. xxiii. 139 The forge of the blacksmith who shoed Tyrrell's horse.
1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 149 He shod her all round, and she never kicked once.
b. Phrases. to shoe the goose, gosling: see those words; similarly to shoe the gander, †the daw. Also, †to shoe the goose (slang): to get drunk. to shoe the wild mare: see mare n.1 4c.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > get drunk
drunkenc1000
to wash one's face in an ale clout1550
to shoe the goose, gosling1566
to catch, hunt the fox1599
to swallow a tavern-token1601
to read Geneva print1608
to whip the cat1622
inebriate1626
to hunt a tavern-fox1635
fox1649
mug1653
to fuddle one's cap or nose1663
to lose one's legs1770
gin1789
stone1858
to beer up1884
slop1899
to get, have, tie a bun on1901
shicker1906
souse1921
lush1926
to cop a reeler1937
to tie one on1951
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Eiij All the reaste mighte blow their nayles, Or go to shough the dawe.
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D2 Galen might goe shooe the gander for anie good he could doe.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Bertrand Deschausser Bertrand, to be drunke,..to whip the cat, shoo the goose.
c. To provide (a motor vehicle) with tyres of a specified type or quality. Cf. shoe n. 5q.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > test, service and store motor vehicles [verb (transitive)] > provide with tyres
shoe1925
1925 Morris Owner's Man. p. lxx (advt.) Every car is turned out in sound order and condition, shod with good tyres.
1971 Drive Summer 121/1 The test car was shod with radial tyres.
1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 2 Nov. 15/3 Braking is by servo-assisted discs at the front and rear drums, with radial tyres as standard shoeing equipment.
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a. To protect (the point, edge or face of a thing, esp. something made of timber) with a plate, rim, ferrule or sheath of metal, etc.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover and protect > plate
steela1240
shoec1275
arma1398
clout1573
alchemy1615
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3905 þa Bruttes..nomen longen ræftres..mid stronge irene heo weoren iscod.
1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 290 Item, for..irne to Johne Lam, to scho the quhelis..xxvjs.
1531 Lett. & Papers Henry VIII V. 183 To John Locker for sewing moulddes with ireon for the brykmakers.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Aries,..a great peece of timber shodde with brasse, in facion like a rammes heade.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xiii. 126 b Bootes.. shodde vnderneath with yron.
1601 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. 134 ij speades shoud with iren, ijs.
1618 in J. Charnock Mar. Archit. (1801) II. 205 Shovells steele shodden.
1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 222 A broomstick o' the witch of Endor, Weel shod wi' brass.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 303 The ends of the piles are cased or shoed with pointed iron.
1829 Chapters Physical Sci. 138 In the processes of hooping barrels, and shoeing wheels.
1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.P. 21 These bars..are shod at their lower cutting ends with serrated or notched steel faces for chipping the stone.
1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 45 §2 (4) The driving wheels of a locomotive..shod with diagonal crossbars of not less than three inches in width.
b. Nautical. to shoe the anchor: (see quot. 1644).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [verb (intransitive)] > put blocks on flukes of anchor
to shoe the anchor1644
1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 3 The ground may be soft and ozie; In such places we use to shooe the Anchor, that is, to put boords to the flooke..and make it much broader.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine To shoe an anchor, is..intended to give the anchor a stronger..hold of the bottom.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.
4. transferred. To cover or protect as with a shoe or shoes.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover and protect > in other specific manner
shoe1639
flask1707
to stop off1855
sheet1857
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xiii. 191 The shores there being not shod against the sea with huge high rocks.
1807 Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 3 448 The surface turfs are carefully laid aside, and after the peats are taken out, these turfs are brought back..and placed upon the part that was made bare. This operation is called shoeing the moss.
1837 H. W. Longfellow Frithiof's Homestead 24 On a bear skin (the skin it was coal-black, Scarlet red was the throat, but the paws were shodden with silver), Thorsten sat.
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shoe
c. More fully spectator pump, shoe. A woman's dress shoe, usually with a white body and contrasting darker toe and heel; occasionally a similar shoe worn by a man. North American (originally U.S.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > two-toned shoe
spectator1941
1941 M. Kettunen Fund. Dress xiv. 431 Other sport models, commonly known as ‘spectator’ sport shoes, come in more standard styles.
1946 Glamour Sept. 74 (advt.) Eileen spectators! Smart young moderns wear these..spectators.
1963 M. McCarthy Group ii. 42 Wearing her white sharkskin sports dress and brown-and-white spectator pumps.
1969 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 422/2 Strut into spring sporting a high-powered spectator pump. Hand-rubbed leather upper set off by contrasting perforations and bold stitching.
1970 A. Tyler Slipping-Down Life xi. 154 Mr. Casey was in a blue suit and white spectator shoes.
1975 Daily Mirror 21 Mar. 24/7 I lived in Canada from 1946 to 56 and every summer the ladies wore court shoes which they called ‘spectators’... The toe caps and heels were either brown or navy blue, the rest white. And very smart, too.
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