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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"
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
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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