shoe
noun
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
will shoe
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future tenseof shoe.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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But first I will shoe Pepper anew, for she is so unequally shod that she might spill us on the road.
From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon
“O wha will shoe my fu’ fair foot?And wha will glove my hand?And wha will lace my middle jimp,Wi’ the new-made London band?
From A Collection of Ballads by Andrew Lang
Another instance is in the opening verse of Sir Walter Scott's version of "The Lass of Lochroyan:" Oh wha will shoe my bonny foot?
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science by Various
"Thy father will shoe thy bonny foot, "Thy mother will glove thy hand, "Thy sister will lace thy middle jimp, "Till Lord Gregory come to land.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Sir Walter Scott
O wha will shoe my fair foot, And wha will glove my han'?
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
