Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having three feet: as, a three-footed stool.
Etymologies
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Examples
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A Mexican pre-Hispanic potsherd stands next to Manuel Reyes 'representation of a three-footed vessel.
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For example, he recently found a potsherd with a painted design, and through extrapolation has created an entire, accurately crafted three-footed vessel.
Manuel Reyes: sculptor, painter and renaissance man from Oaxaca's Mixteca Alta
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I also was boggled by the three-footed and four-footed ducks.
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A fat, three-footed raccoon named Tripod was eating out of a pet bowl on the steps.
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Coming straight at them, belching smoke and bellowing raggedly, was a three-footed demon.
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Vishnu, when he assumed his three-footed form, reached that spot.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
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Vishnu assumed his three-footed form for beguiling Vali of the sovereignty of the universe.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
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War is like a three-footed stool; want one foot and down comes all, and these three feet are men, victuals, and munition; therefore, seeing in peace we are like to be famished, what will be done in war?
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A _tripod_ has _three feet_ or legs; as a three-legged table or stool, a three-footed kettle or vase.
Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois
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The little table proved to be a very fine pie-crust affair on a slender three-footed leg, and its contents struck him as peculiar enough to remember although he thought little of it at the time.
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