dry-shod
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dry-shod
before 1000; Middle English drye schodde, Old English drȳgsceod, equivalent to drȳg- dry + sc ( e ) od, past participle of scōgan to shoe, derivative of sc ( e ) ōh shoe
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But in either case, says Toynbee, she will only transform her lake into a road and let in the "landlubber dry-shod."
From Time Magazine Archive
Barges were coming in to Japanese jetties now, landing the troops dry-shod.
From Time Magazine Archive
All of Poseidon’s sons had the same power: they could run dry-shod on the sea as on the land, so the two followed her with no trouble.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
“The ship laboureth—the sea is grievous and contrary,” replied the lad; “and by what I can learn of my fellow that steereth us, we shall do well, indeed, if we come dry-shod to land.”
From The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses by Robert Louis Stevenson
But between the streams were ridges and island-like tufts of moss and dried grasses, and stepping from one of these to the other, the little ones passed on, dry-shod.
From A Round Dozen by Susan Coolidge
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