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单词 three-footed
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three-footedadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthree-ˌfooted.
Having three feet; esp. having three supports, tripod, as a three-footed stool.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > having specific number of legs
three-footedc1000
three-foot1600
three-leggeda1616
tripodical1656
tripedal1658
tripod1720
tripodal1774
tripodial1845
quadrupedal1864–5
the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > relating to or forming a base > having a (specific) base > having specific number of feet
three-footedc1000
c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xlix. 287 Tripes, þryfete [MS. W. þrifotede].
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 124/6 Trisilis, þryfotad fæt.
c1425 Cast. Persev. 2599 in Macro Plays 154 Worldis wele is lyke a iij-foted stole; It faylyt a man at hys most nede.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 195v I named the mountayne where these trees grow, the mountayne of three footed trees.
1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 436 If we believe Oedipus, there are found fourfooted, and threefooted, and twofooted men.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. x. 263 So saying, he approached to the fire a three-footed stool.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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