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A kind of high shoe anciently worn. [Written also moyle.]

Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." Chaucer.

Moors in the later Middle Ages, esp. in Spain, in which the arch had the form of a horseshoe, and the ornamentation admitted no representation of animal life. It has many points of resemblance to the Arabian and Persian styles, but should be distinguished from them. See Illust. under Moresque.

from putrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation. Brieger.

ciation, §§ 243-246. The letter N came into English through the Latin and Greek from the Phoenician, which probably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin. It is etymologically most closely related to M. See M.

A list of items or of charges; an account. [Obs.] Here is now the smith's note for shoeing. Shak.

e, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Phoenician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran…

nother, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.

Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.

et finish) put on the flesh side for special purposes. Ordinary ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in bookbinding, etc. Hence Ooze calf, Ooze finish, etc.

See Orichalch. Costly oricalche from strange Phoenice. Spenser.

The outside sole of a boot or shoe.

n idea of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes.

To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.

racts for the Times," issued the period 1833 -- 1841. Shipley. -- Oxford tie, a kind of shoe, laced on the instep, and usually covering the foot nearly to the ankle.

ch other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.

wine, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm (Phoenix sylvestrix), the palmyra, and the Caryota urens. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also palm toddy. -- Palm worm, or Palmworm. (Zoöl.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil.…

A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel.

as, a patent leaf. Patent leather, a varnished or lacquered leather, used for boots and shoes, and in carriage and harness work. -- Patent office, a government bureau for the examination of inventions and the granting of patents. -- Patent right. (a) The exclusive right to an invention, and the control of its manufa…

ted piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.