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single-foot
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single-foot, n.
An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace . See Single, v. i. [1913 Webster]
"Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and the anterior extremities in that of a slow trot." [1913 Webster]
single-foot, v. i.
To proceed by means of the single-foot, as a horse or other quadruped. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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