Metaphorically, without notice.
“It may be worth noticing that both Mrs. Shelley and Mr. Rossetti pass over the line siccis pedibus.”—Notes and Queries (26th May, 1893, p. 417).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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