dry-foot

/ˈdɹʌɪfʊt/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

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By only the scent of the feet (of hunting, tracking etc.).

Obsolete

"Where he speaketh of his passage over the River of Rheine, towards Germanie, he saith, that deeming it unworthy the honour of the Romane people, his army should passe over in shippes, he caused a bridge to be built, that so it might passe over drie-foot."
"A hound that runs Counter, and yet draws drifoot well, / One that before the Iudgme[n]t carries poore soules to hel."

From dry + foot.

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How do you pronounce dry-foot?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹʌɪfʊt/.

What does dry-foot mean?

With dry feet; without getting the feet wet.

Where does dry-foot come from?

From dry + foot.

How to pronounce dry-foot

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