1. The care of the feet and nails.
2. One who cares for the feet and nails; a chiropodist. — Ped"i*cure, v. t. —Ped"i*cur*ism (#), n. —Ped"i*cur*ist (#), n.
PEDIFORM
Ped"i*form, a. Etym: [Pedi- + -form.]
Defn: Shaped like a foot.
PEDIGEROUS
Pe*dig"er*ous, a. Etym: [Pedi- + -gerous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Bearing or having feet or legs.
PEDIGREE Ped"i*gree, n. Etym: [Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F. par degrés by degrees, — for a pedigree is properly a genealogical table which records the relationship of families by degrees; or, perh., fr. F. pied de grue crane's foot, from the shape of the heraldic genealogical trees.]
1. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors. Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees. Camden. His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree. Milton. I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees. Sir P. Sidney. The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes. Atterbury.
2. (Stock Breeding)
Defn: A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.