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8 احتذى ذ He wore, or put on, a sandal, or sandals. (S, TA.) Hence the saying, خَيْرُ مَنِ ا@حْتَذَى النِّعَالَ [The best of those who have worn sandals]. (TA.) A rájiz says, “ كُلَّ الحِذَآءِ يَحْتَذِى الحَافِى الوَقِعْ
” [The barefooted whose sole is hurt by the rugged ground and stones will put on any sandal: a prov.]. (S. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 317.]) ― -b2- See also 1.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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