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Webster 1828 Edition


Dryshod

DRYSHOD

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Adj.
Without wetting the feet. Isaiah 11:15.

Definition 2024


dryshod

dryshod

See also: dry-shod

English

Adverb

dryshod (not comparable)

  1. With one's footwear dry, not in or under water, usually referring to walking on ground which at another time, or usually, is covered with deep water.
    In 1975 and 1976 due to the extreme drought, Haweswater reservoir was nearly dry, and people walked dryshod to the island.
    For much of the Ice Age, men walked dryshod on the bed of the North Sea many fathoms below where ships now sail.