dry-footing

[ drahy-foot-ing ]

noun

, Ceramics.

1. removal of glaze from the rim at the bottom of a piece.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dry-footing¹

dry foot the base of the piece + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

But that which troubles me most is that it has rained all this morning so furiously that I fear my house is all over water, and with that expectation I rose and went into my house and find that it is as wet as the open street, and that there is not one dry-footing above nor below in my house.

From Project Gutenberg

But that which troubles me most is that it has rained all this morning so furiously that I fear my house is all over water, and with that expectation I rose and went into my house and find that it is as wet as the open street, and that there is not one dry-footing above nor below in my house.

From Project Gutenberg

But that which troubles me most is that it has rained all this morning so furiously that I fear my house is all over water, and with that expectation I rose and went into my house and find that it is as wet as the open street, and that there is not one dry-footing above nor below in my house.

From Project Gutenberg