- 15.009 and nasty suspicious-looking creatures at that,
Hyphenated in its sub-entry.
“suspicious, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/195183. Accessed 21 September 2017.
hyphen
Sure-footed
- 18.013 and sure-footed.
Hyphenated just so.
“sure-footed, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/194872. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Supper-time
- 03.010 and it seemed supper-time would soon do the same.
- 07.066 or it will be supper-time before it is ended.’
Supper-time, in a land with tea in the afternoon or early evening, is quite late indeed, well after dark in any case.
The dogs say it is a fantastical time about which many stories have been told and many ballads sung, but which does not come in truth.
The OED says, in contrast, that it can be hyphenated in the examples.
“supper time, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/194604. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Story-telling
- 03.033 or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing,
Hyphenated in the examples.
“storytelling, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/190988. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Stone-slide
- 07.082 and of their scramble down the stone-slide
Not found in OED.
Stone-paved
- 13.048 Beside it ran a stone-paved road,
Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.
“stone, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/190787. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Stone-giant
- 04.005 he saw that across the valley the stone-giants were out,
- 07.057 the stone-giants were out hurling rocks,
Not found in OED.
Steep-walled
- 11.014 and they turned into a little steep-walled bay,
Not found in OED, although ‘steep-sided’ is.
Steep-sided
- 11.013 in long steep-sided ridges
Hyphenated in its sub-entry.
“steep, adj., n.2, and adv.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/189581. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Spider-thread
- 08.123 slashing at spider-threads,
Hyphenated in its sub-entry in OED.
“spider, n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/186548. Accessed 21 September 2017.
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