单词 | reel-footed |
释义 | reel-footedadj. Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern) in later use. Having twisted or deformed feet, or such a foot; spec. club-footed.In quot. 1857 as a term of abuse. Sc. National Dict. (at Reel v.1) records the word as still in use in Shetland, north-eastern Scotland, and central and south-western Scotland in 1968. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of fingers, toes, or foot clubbeda1509 clumped1709 reel-footed1792 polydactyl1827 polydactylous1858 1792 S. Burdy Life P. Skelton 122 He was reel-footed, as they call it; which signifies, that his feet were bent under him. 1841 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (ed. 2) II Reel-fittit, having the feet so much turned inwards, that when a person walks, he crosses his legs, and makes a curve with his feet. 1857 Kansas Constitutionalist Aug. (editorial) in D. Dary Red Blood & Black Ink (1998) 24 We would gently hint to the cross-eyed,..filthy-mouthed, box-ankled, pigeon-toed, reel-footed,..ignoble, Black Republican, abolition editor, to attend to his own affairs. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid i. xxiii. 155 James being reel-fitted. 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 July 209 A child..is ‘reel-footed’ if there is a club-foot. 1910 C. C. Russell People & Lang. 46 Have you ever heard of a man being ‘reel-footed’? It means that he has twisted feet or a foot calculated to make him stagger. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 274/1 Reel-footed, club-footed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1792 |
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