SANDAL (from the Latinized

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• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Gr. vavb4Atov or vav&aAov: this probably represents the

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• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian sandal, slipper; it is not to be referred to Gr. stasis,

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• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board)  , the foot-covering which consists of a sole of leather or other material attached to the sole of the foot by a thong of leather passing between the great and second toe, crossed over the instep and fastened round the ankle (see SHOE and COSTUME, section Greek and Roman) . Sandals are only worn regularly among the peoples of Western civilization by friars, though forms of them are found among the peasants in Spain and the Balkans . They have in recent times been adopted by the extreme advocates of hygienic dress, especially for young children . In the early part of the 19th century a form of low, light slipper fastened by a ribbon crossed over the instep and round the ankle, and worn by women, was known as a sandal .