catsfoot
catsfoot noun: synonym of cat's-paw: a foot of a cat; (figurative, obsolete) a person used unwittingly or through trickery by another.
Noun
catsfoot
- Synonym of cat's-paw: a foot of a cat; (figurative, obsolete) a person used unwittingly or through trickery by another.
- ...like the Monkey, that took the Cat's Foot to pull the Chesnut out of the Fire...c. 1661, Argyle's Last Will in The Harleian Miscellany, Vol. VIII, p. 30
- Synonyms:
- cat's-paw
- Synonym of ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea).
- It is commonly called […] in English ground Iuie, Alehoofe, Gill creepe by ground, Tunehoofe, and Cats foote.1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Ground Iuie, or Alefoot”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book II...
- Synonyms:
- ground ivy
- Synonym of mountain cudweed (Antennaria dioica).
- ...an Infusion made with the Heads of White Poppies, Cat's-foot, Colt's-foot, and Maiden-hair.1739, Henri François Le Dran, translated by John Sparrow, Observations in Surgery, page 119
- Synonyms:
- mountain cudweed
Synonyms of catsfoot
- cat's-paw
- ground ivy
- mountain cudweed
Origin of catsfoot
From cat's + foot. For its obsolete figurative sense, see cat's-paw.
Questions about catsfoot
- What does catsfoot mean?
- Catsfoot means synonym of cat's-paw: a foot of a cat; (figurative, obsolete) a person used unwittingly or through trickery by another.
- What part of speech is catsfoot?
- Catsfoot is a noun.
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