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whole-footed, a.|-fʊtɪd|
†1. Having ‘whole’ or undivided feet, i.e. with the toes united; web-footed, as a bird; rarely, solid-hoofed, as a quadruped. Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 538 Þe hole-foted fowle to þe flod hyȝez. 1513Bk. Keruynge in Babees Bk. (1868) 279 All maner hole foted fowles that haue theyr lyuyng vpon the water. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 32 The Asses of India..differ from all other whole-footed beasts. 1696J. Edwards Demonstr. Exist. God i. 193 [Water-fowl] are generally whole-footed. 1704Ray Creation (ed. 4) 147 Such Creatures as are whole-footed or fin-toed.
2. Treading with the whole foot on the ground, not lightly or on tip-toe.
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Whole-footed. 1. Treading flat and heavy, as if there were no joints in the feet. 1896Wherry Alpine Notes 119 It has often been noticed in mountaineering that a guide can go face forward and whole-footed up a slope.
3. fig. Unreserved, frank, free and easy. colloq. or slang.
a1734North Life Dr. J. North (1744) 278 His chief Remissions were when some of his nearest Relations were with him,..and then, as they say, he was wholefooted. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Whole-footed..2. Very intimate; closely confederate. |