dry-shod
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(adj)
dry-shod
having or keeping the feet or shoes dry "a land bridge over which man and beasts could have crossed dry-shod"
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dry-shod
Having dry shoes or feet.
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(adj)
Dry-shod
without wetting the shoes or feet
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. dr['y]ge; cf. Dut. droog, Ger. trocken.
The tide was out, and they could not get the little boat up near enough the shore to land dry-shod. "Cricket at the Seashore" by
Quashy shall lie down in every puddle, that I may walk over dry-shod. "The Negro and the Nation" by
She held her cloak tightly round her, and her little feet, fairly well shod, slipped in and out on the dry frosty pavement. "Robert Elsmere" by
Tell her it is my command that she dip out the waters from the ocean bed so that I can ride over the bottom dry shod. "Tales of Folk and Fairies" by
Jack saw at once that the means were provided for passing over dry shod. "Camp-fire and Wigwam" by
I always go at my work dry shod. "Winning the Wilderness" by
The burn was choked with fallen men and horses, so that folk might pass dry-shod over it. "The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07" by
And now, by plain dint of hard spurring and whipping, Dry-shod we came where folks sometimes take shipping. "Old Roads and New Roads" by
It was generally a dry loam, and hence a horse though shod, upon the walk would make but little noise. "Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery." by
Now we can go dry-shod. "Eyes Like the Sea" by
Obey the prophet's rod;
And, through the middle of the sea,
The people marched dry-shod.
Would puzzle their assorter,
The dry-shod Quaker kept the land,
The Baptist held the water.
Who, with some credit, follow'd both.
He bent his back, he bent his leather,
To keep folks dry-shod in wet weather.