Definition of Dry-shod

1. Adjective. Having or keeping the feet or shoes dry. "A land bridge over which man and beasts could have crossed dry-shod"

Similar to: Dry

Definition of Dry-shod

1. Adverb. without wetting's one's shoes or feet. ¹

2. Adjective. without wetting's one's shoes or feet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dry-shod

dry-cleans
dry-closet
dry-dock
dry-eyed
dry-fire
dry-fisted
dry-foot
dry-gulching
dry-heave
dry-nurse
dry-nurses
dry-rot
dry-run
dry-runs
dry-shod (current term)
dry-stone
dry-stone wall
dry abscess
dry amputation
dry as a bone
dry as a dead dingo's donger
dry battery
dry behind the ears
dry beriberi
dry bronchiectasis
dry bulb temperature
dry cell
dry cell battery

Literary usage of Dry-shod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theological and Literary Journal (1854)
"... and leading them homeward, dry up the Red Sea for their passage, and divide the Euphrates, that they may pass it dry shod.—Isaiah xi. 15,16. ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"Mr. Jones, what "11 ee plase to take ? I ax your pardon, I never zeed you was smokin a dry fife. (Farmer's wife.) dry-shod ..."

3. Maine Pioneer Settlements by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1909)
"A pair that would span a half mile would get one over to the Light, dry shod. From Hill's Beach, Basket, Stage, Tappan and Wood islands THE SITE OF THE ..."

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