harefoot

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English

Harefoot (Trifolium arvense)

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Etymology

From Middle English hare-fot, equivalent to hare +‎ foot. Compare Old English haran hiġe (hare's-foot (plant)).

Noun

harefoot (plural harefeet)

  1. A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward, as in dogs.
  2. A type of clover, Trifolium arvense.
  3. A type of mushroom, Coprinopsis lagopus

Translations

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 harefoot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)