† 'Sfootint.
Obsolete.
= God's foot int. at god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a), used in oaths and asseverations.
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1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H2 Gods neakes he has wrong, that he has: and S'fut, and I were as he, I would beare no coles.
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. H3v Sfoote, a sits like Lucifer himselfe.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 5 Sfoote, Ile learne to coniure and raise Diuels. View more context for this quotation
1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) ii. iv, in Wks. I. 24 'Sfoot [1601 reads Gods foot], I haue lost my purse, I thinke.
1620 I. C. Two Merry Milke-maids ii. ii. sig. G4v Ber. Zfoot, hee's turn'd Eccho.
1662 T. W. Thorny-Abbey 13, in Gratiæ Theatrales Sfoot, doe you think we gave him warning?
1663 Recreation for Ingenious Head-peeces sig. F6 Z' foot, will you have of men more than their hearts?
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