pedary

English

Etymology

From Latin pedarius (“of the foot”).

Noun

pedary (plural pedaries)

1. (obsolete) A sandal.
   • 1536 June 16 (Gregorian calendar), Hugh Latimer, “Sermon II. Master Latimer’s Discourse on the Same Day in the Afternoon [Preached to the Convocation of the Clergy, before the Parliament Began, the Sixth Day of June, the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of the Late King Henry VIII].”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, Master Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester. […], volume I, London: […] J. Scott, […], published 1758, →OCLC, page 30:

     Hovv ſome brought forth canonizations, ſome expectations, some pluralities and unions, ſome tot-quots, and diſpenſations, ſome pardons, and theſe of vvonderful variety; ſome ſtationaries, ſome jubilaries, ſome pocularies for drinkers, ſome manuaries for handlers of relicks, ſome pedaries for pilgrims, ſome oſcularies for kiſſers.

     The spelling has been modernized.

Anagrams

• drapey, prayed

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pedary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)