Foot
Foot (fot) , noun
[Old English fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. Anglo-Saxon fōt, pl. fēt; akin to Dutch voet, Old High German fuoz, German fuss, Icelandic fōtr, Swedish fot, Danish fod, Gothic fōtus, Latin pes, Greek poy`s, Sanskrit pād, Icelandic fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. r77, 250. Compare Antipodes, Cap-a-pie, Expedient, Fet to fetch, Fetlock, Fetter, Pawn a piece in chess, Pedal.]
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(Zoology) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.
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That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
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The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain, column, or page; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed;; the foot of the page.
And now at foot
Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet.
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Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.
Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
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Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [Rare]
As to his being on the foot of a servant.
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A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.
This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters.
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(Military) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.
Both horse and foot.
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(Prosody) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.
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(Nautical) The lower edge of a sail.
Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds.
Collocations (45)
Foot artillery (Military) , (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. — Farrow
Foot bank (Fortification) , a raised way within a parapet.
Foot barracks (Military) , barracks for infantery.
Foot bellows , a bellows worked by a treadle. — Knight
Foot company (Military) , a company of infantry. — Milton
Foot gear , covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots.
Foot hammer (Machinery) , a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle.
Foot iron , (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter.
Foot key (Music) , an organ pedal.
Foot level (Gunnery) , a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. — Farrow
Foot mantle , a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obsolete]
Foot page , an errand boy; an attendant. [Obsolete]
Foot passenger , one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge.
Foot pavement , a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir.
Foot poet , an inferior poet; a poetaster. [Rare] — Dryden
Foot post , (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers.
Foot press (Machinery) , a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle.
Foot race , a race run by persons on foot. — Cowper
Foot rail , a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side.
Foot rot , an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness.
Foot rule , a rule or measure twelve inches long.
Foot screw , an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place.
Foot soldier , a soldier who serves on foot.
Foot stick (Printing) , a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.
Foot stove , a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet.
Foot valve (Steam Engine) , the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser.
Foot vise , a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle.
Foot waling (Nautical) , the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. — Totten
Foot wall (Mining) , the under wall of an inclosed vein.
By foot or On foot , by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot.
Cubic foot , See under Cubic.
Foot and mouth disease , a contagious disease (Eczema epizootica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs.
Foot of the fine (Law) , the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See Fine of land, under Fine, n.; also Chirograph. (b).
Square foot , See under Square.
To be on foot , to be in motion, action, or process of execution.
To keep the foot (Scripture) , to preserve decorum. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.
To put one's foot down , to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloquial]
To put the best foot foremost , to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloquial]
To set on foot , to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription.
To or put one on his feet or set one on his feet , to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start.
Under foot , (a) Under the feet; (Figuratively) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. — Gibbon (b) Below par. [Obsolete] They would be forced to sell... far under foot.
Foot (fot) , intransitive verb
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To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. — Dryden
2.
To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly. — Shakespeare
Foot , transitive verb
1.
To kick with the foot; to spurn. — Shakespeare
2.
To set on foot; to establish; to land. [Obsolete]
What confederacy have you with the traitors
Late footed in the kingdom?
3.
To tread; as, to foot the green. — Tickell
4.
To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
5.
To seize or strike with the talon. [Poet.] — Shakespeare
6.
To renew the foot of, as of a stocking. — Shakespeare
If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest.
Collocations (1)
To foot a bill or To foot it , to pay it. [Colloquial] to walk; also, to dance.