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dry-shod

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Dry´-shod`
a.1.Without wetting the feet; having or keeping the feet or shoes dry; as, a land bridge over which man and beasts could have crossed dry-shod.
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Adj.1.dry-shod - having or keeping the feet or shoes dry; "a land bridge over which man and beasts could have crossed dry-shod"
dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
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dry-shod [ˈdraɪˈʃɒd] ADV → a pie enjuto


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A sea-bred boy would not have stayed a day on Earraid; which is only what they call a tidal islet, and except in the bottom of the neaps, can be entered and left twice in every twenty-four hours, either dry-shod, or at the most by wading.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Quashy shall lie down in every puddle, that I may walk over dry-shod.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
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