Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having feathered feet, as a grouse, pigeon, or hawk; feather-footed; rough-legged.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.), rare Feather-footed.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Yet,” as he said to himself, “though the rough-footed knaves be our enemies in Cumberland, in Palestine one almost considers them as brethren.”
The Talisman 2008
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He sees in Conan a red-handed, rough-footed barbarian who came out of the north to plunder a civilized land.
Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006
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He sees in Conan a red handed, rough-footed barbarian who came out of the north to plunder a civilized land.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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He sees in Conan a red-handed, rough-footed barbarian who came out of the north to plunder a peaceful land.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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He sees in Conan a red handed, rough-footed barbarian who came out of the north to plunder a civilized land.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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He sees in Conan a red-handed, rough-footed barbarian who came out of the north to plunder a peaceful land.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Aesop, rough-footed Lycaon, the luskish misshapen Corytus of
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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In other words, the rock-pigeon is smaller than the common pigeon, and is less easily domesticated; it is also black, and small, red-footed and rough-footed; and in consequence of these peculiarities it is neglected by the pigeon-fancier.
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For their wry necks make a figure like a crooked billet; their paws are hairy, like those of rough-footed pigeons; their claws and pounces, belly and breech, like those of the Stymphalid harpies.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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For their wry necks make a figure like a crooked billet; their paws are hairy, like those of rough-footed pigeons; their claws and pounces, belly and breech, like those of the Stymphalid harpies.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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