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harefoot, hare-foot
1. Also hare's foot. The foot of a hare, or a foot resembling a hare's; spec. a long narrow foot found in some dogs.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) II. 118 (D.) Better a hare⁓foot than none at all; that is, than not to be able to walk. 1901Encycl. Sport I. 329/2 Harefoot, a long, narrow foot, carried far forward. 1945C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 161 American standards permit hare-feet. 1952R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog (ed. 6) v. 80 Faults: [in Boxer]..hare's feet.
†2. A nickname for a swift-footed person.? Obs.
c1410Chron. Eng. 899 in Ritson Metr. Rom. (1802) II, Harald, Godwyne sone He was cleped Harefot, for he was urnare god. 14..Bromton Chron. in Twysden Hist. Angl. Script. decem (1652) 932 Propter levitatem pedum & cursus Haraldus Harefot communiter extitit appellatus. a1491Rous Hist. Reg. Angl. 105 Haroldus Harfote quasi levis in cursu ut lepus aliquis.
†3. A plant; = hare's-foot 1. ? Obs.
c1265Voc. Plant-n. in Wr.-Wülcker 555/6 Auencia, hare⁓fot. a1387Sinon. Barthol. 24 Harefote, avancia. 1570Levins Manip. 178/29 Harefoote, herb, lagopus.
†4. Name given to the ptarmigan and other species of Lagopus, from the densely feathered feet. ? Obs.
[1706Phillips, Haresfoot..also a kind of Bird.] 1755Johnson, Harefoot. 1. A bird. Ainsworth.
5. Used adverbially: swiftly. poet.
1939T. S. Eliot Family Reunion i. ii. 60 What of the terrified spirit Compelled..To rise toward the violent sun..Harefoot over the moon? |