Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shoeing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shoe \Shoe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shod}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shoeing}.] [AS. sc?ian, sce?ian. See {Shoe}, n.]
1. To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes
on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.
2. To protect or ornament with something which serves the
purpose of a shoe; to tip.
The sharp and small end of the billiard stick, which
is shod with brass or silver. --Evelyn.
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