† foot rid Obs.
[Of doubtful origin; perh. f. foot n. + rid f. rid v. Cf. footrill.]
(See quot.)
| 1665 Dudley Metallum Martis (1854) 27 Where the Coles is deep and but little Earth upon the measures of Coles, there the Colliers rid off the Earth, and dig the Coles under their feet; these Works are called Foot-rids. 1686 [see footrill]. |