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

e 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.

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

another, 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.

vet 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.

The outside sole of a boot or shoe.

an 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.

Tracts 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.

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

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 manuf…

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

An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians.

To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches."

inally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea).

. Now must the world point at poor Katharine. Shak. Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe. Dryden.

A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.

A shrub (Euonymus Europæus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree.