dry-footadv.adj.

/ˈdrʌɪfʊt/

Forms: See dry adj. and adv. and foot n. and int. Also without hyphen or as two words.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dry adj., foot n.

Etymology: < dry adj. + foot n. Compare dry-footed adj.

1. With dry feet; without wetting the feet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adverb] > with dry feet or shoes

dry-footc1175

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10338 All comm oferr driȝȝe fot All alls itt waterr nære.

a1225 Julianna 32 Þu leddest israeles folc þurh þe reade sea..druifot.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 239 He wolde lede hem drie foot into þe londe of byheste.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xi. 43 Childer of Israel passed thurgh it drie fote.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 19 a Ouer the waters of my Teares and tribulation, shee..passeth as drie-foote, as once they past ouer Iordan.

1623 W. Lisle Ælfric's Saxon Treat. Evangelists, Walked upon the sea drie-foot.

†2. to draw or hunt dry-foot: to track game by the mere scent of the foot. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (intransitive)] > follow scent or trail

draw1567

to draw or hunt dry-foota1616

trail1736

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. ii. 39 A hound that runs Counter, and yet draws drifoot well.

1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. F8 Like doggs that draw dry-foot.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxlix, in Poems (1878) IV. 163 When we read that wonder, and have trac'd Historie, dry-foot.

†3. attributive or adj. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > with dry feet or shoes

dry-footeda1250

dry-shod1535

dry-foot1608

1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iii. sig. F3^v I care not for his dry foote hunting.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. viii. 213 And, from her sandy deepes, approach the dry-foot shore.

1672 T. Shadwell Miser ii. 28 Thou art like a dry-foot-dog.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	dry-foot
释义	dry-footadv.adj. /ˈdrʌɪfʊt/ Forms: See dry adj. and adv. and foot n. and int. Also without hyphen or as two words. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dry adj., foot n. Etymology: < dry adj. + foot n. Compare dry-footed adj. 1. With dry feet; without wetting the feet. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adverb] > with dry feet or shoes dry-footc1175 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10338 All comm oferr driȝȝe fot All alls itt waterr nære. a1225 Julianna 32 Þu leddest israeles folc þurh þe reade sea..druifot. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 239 He wolde lede hem drie foot into þe londe of byheste. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xi. 43 Childer of Israel passed thurgh it drie fote. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 19 a Ouer the waters of my Teares and tribulation, shee..passeth as drie-foote, as once they past ouer Iordan. 1623 W. Lisle Ælfric's Saxon Treat. Evangelists, Walked upon the sea drie-foot. †2. to draw or hunt dry-foot: to track game by the mere scent of the foot. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (intransitive)] > follow scent or trail draw1567 to draw or hunt dry-foota1616 trail1736 a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. ii. 39 A hound that runs Counter, and yet draws drifoot well. View more context for this quotation 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. F8 Like doggs that draw dry-foot. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxlix, in Poems (1878) IV. 163 When we read that wonder, and have trac'd Historie, dry-foot. †3. attributive or adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > with dry feet or shoes dry-footeda1250 dry-shod1535 dry-foot1608 1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iii. sig. F3^v I care not for his dry foote hunting. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. viii. 213 And, from her sandy deepes, approach the dry-foot shore. 1672 T. Shadwell Miser ii. 28 Thou art like a dry-foot-dog. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.adj.c1175
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