splawadj.
rare. Now dialect.
Of feet: Splay; clumsy.
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hurleda1500
splay-footed1545
polt-foot?1589
polt-footed1589
club-footed1591
stump-foot1593
flat-footed1601
stump-footed1602
feetless1614
splay-foot1622
splatter-footeda1644
shauchled1737
hurl-footed1752
parrot-toed1764
splaw1767
pigeon-toed1786
bumble-footed1823
in-toed1835
chicken-toed1859
infooted1899
1767 P. Gibbes Woman of Fashion I. 112 [She] sat with her splaw Feet at a convenient Distance from each other; the Toes turned in.
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words 34 I can't get a shoe to fit your splaa foot.
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