Foot \Foot\ (f[oo^]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. [root]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient}, {Fet} to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess, {Pedal}.] 1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See {Manus}, and {Pes}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
4. 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. --Milton.
5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.
Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. --Berkeley.
6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [R.]
As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole.
7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See {Yard}.
Note: 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.
8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. ``Both horse and foot.'' --Milton.
9. (Pros.) 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.
10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail.
Note: 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.
{Foot artillery}. (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow.
{Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet.
{Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery.
{Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight.
{Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton.
{Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots.
{Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle.
{Foot iron}. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter.
{Foot jaw}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Maxilliped}.
{Foot key} (Mus.), 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. [Obs.]
{Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.]
{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. [R.] --Dryden.
{Foot post}. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers.
{Fot pound}, & {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound} and {Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary.
{Foot press} (Mach.), 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 secretion}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sclerobase}.
{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 tubercle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Parapodium}.
{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} (Naut.), 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 epizo["o]tica) 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} (Script.), to preserve decorum. ``Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.'' --Eccl. v. 1.
{To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.]
{To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.]
{To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription.
{To} {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; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. --Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] ``They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot.'' --Bacon.
Foot \Foot\ (f[oo^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Footed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Footing}.] 1. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. --Dryden.
2. To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly. --Shak.
Foot \Foot\, v. t. 1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. --Shak.
2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [Obs.]
What confederacy have you with the traitors Late footed in the kingdom? --Shak.
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.] --Shak.
6. To renew the foot of, as of a stocking. --Shak.
{To foot a bill}, to pay it. [Colloq.] -- {To foot it}, to walk; also, to dance.
If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest. --Dryden.
In sum, the law might have shot itself in the foot, but it deserves to be shot in the head, along with Mr. Carson's proposal.
In fact, it is uncertain whether the Arensbergs, who were residents variously of Boston, New York and Los Angeles, ever even set foot in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The columnist, loaded with all this optional equipment, tried again to get his foot in Mr. McCurry's door: wouldn't he concede the inevitable? Okay, relented the auto veteran.
Step on it: Interdome Inc. of Los Angeles offers a sheepskin pad that sticks to the car floor under the foot pedals, to prevent high heels from getting scuffed.
Every few miles along potholed roads, Indian soldiers man sandbagged checkpoints where they halt travelers who come on foot, on bicycles and jammed into minibuses.
A powerful storm covered parts of Colorado and Wyoming Monday with up to a foot of snow and sent strong winds gusting through much of the Rockies and Great Plains.
Apply a spritz of foot deodorant or antifungal powder to keep feet dry and prevent odor or athlete's foot.
Apply a spritz of foot deodorant or antifungal powder to keep feet dry and prevent odor or athlete's foot.
DeLisle, 30, and his wife maintain the car plunge was an accident, caused when a leg cramp forced DeLisle to jam his foot against the gas pedal and sent the car through a barrier rail and into the river.
Just live, you'll suffer." Singer Mickey Gilley, whose earthy Texas nightclub was the focus of the movie "Urban Cowboy," hasn't set foot in the honky-tonk for two years.
When she arrived in Kenya, she decided to follow baboons on foot, rather than watching from a van, as her predecessors had done.
The only question is how much, and that will be for negotiation, in relation to how much the four rich applicants put into the EU budget. As things stand, taxpayers and consumers in the applicant countries foot the entire bill for their expensive food.
He pioneered the now standard "around-the-world" move, kicking the bag about chest-high with his instep, or the inside or outside of his ankle, then circling the flying bag with his foot a few times before catching it on his shoe.
Average rent in the building is about $30 a square foot.
"This shows you how the food shortages and the long journey, which in some cases is done on foot, can kill women, children and old people," the statement said.
The two Eddies munch sandwiches as the 33 foot coble is buffeted about.
More than 200 guards on foot, in helicopters and boats patrolled the launch center for protesters who said they might try to stop the launch by infiltrating the launch zone and sitting on the launch pad.
The group of about 30 blacks and 70 whites was escorted by 20 police on motorcycles and dozens more on foot as about 300 white residents lined the street.
Then too, the share price fell to within a whisker of the rights price but recovered in the nick of time. Subsequently the shares raced ahead as speculators who sold short were caught on the wrong foot.
An acre-foot of water is enough to cover one acre to a depth of one foot.
The boot would be on the other foot.
Others rushed toward west Beirut on foot as Aoun's soldiers cocked their guns in preparation for battle.
Another foot of mountain snow was likely today in Utah, where 12 inches fell Wednesday and winds pushed past 60 mph. More heavy snow was reported in the Lake Tahoe area, with up to 2 feet expected overnight.
The Australian Embassy sold 66,181 square feet of its 204,440 square foot total holding to a consortium of Japanese and Australian companies.
Passengers on two Port Authority Transit buses were escorted from the tunnel on foot.
What we find as we look into these surfaces is that Freud is become ever freer in his handling, and taking more and more risks with drawing and proportion - a huge foot, a strange passage of modelling, a squashed face.
The slayings were horrifying _ a couple and their two children bound hand and foot, shot in the back of the head, doused with gasoline and set on fire in their suburban dream house.
But Mercedes and Porsche have worked together before, giving Mercedes a foot in the door.
Still, the stores are lured by growing Halloween business; at its busiest locations, National Theme sells as much as $5,000 a square foot on an annualized basis.
Alfredo dos Santos, has just returned from East Germany, where his right foot was repaired.