Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Web-footed.
- Heavy-footed.
- Unreserved; frank; free; easy; at ease; intimate.
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Examples
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The skin of cloven-footed birds is unwholsome; of whole-footed birds wholesome, because the water washes all corruption out of
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Pigeons are only the larger Runts; and I am of opinion, that the diversity of colours in Pigeons only proceeds from the diversity of kinds of Pigeons, that couple with one another; for I have known Swine that have been whole-footed, that have coupled with those that were clovenfooted, and the
The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm Richard Bradley 1710
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The skin of cloven-footed birds is unwholsome; of whole-footed birds wholesome, because the water washes all corruption out of ’em.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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