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Foodful (?), a. Full of food; supplying food; fruitful; fertile. “The foodful earth.” Dryden.
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Bent by its foodful burden [the corn]. Glover.
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Foodless, a. Without food; barren. Sandys.
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Foody (?), a. Eatable; fruitful. [R.] Chapman.
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Fool (?), n. [Cf. F. fouler to tread, crush. Cf. 1st .] A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
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Fool, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. , .] 1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.
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2. A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt.
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Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. Milton.
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Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. Franklin.
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3. (Script.) One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person.
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The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Ps. xiv. 1.
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4. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments.
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Can they think me . . . their fool or jester? Milton.
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Coloq. April fool , Coloq. Court fool , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Fool's cap , a cap or hood to which bells were usually attached, formerly worn by professional jesters. -- Coloq. Fool's errand , an unreasonable, silly, profitless adventure or undertaking. -- Coloq. Fool's gold , iron or copper pyrites, resembling gold in color. -- Coloq. Fool's paradise , a name applied to a limbo (see under ) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain self-satistaction. -- Coloq. Fool's parsley (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant (Æthusa Cynapium) resembling parsley, but nauseous and poisonous. -- Coloq. To make a fool of , to render ridiculous; to outwit; to shame. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To play the fool , to act the buffoon; to act a foolish part. “I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.” 1 Sam. xxvi. 21.
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Fool, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fooled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fooling.] To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
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Is this a time for fooling? Dryden.
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Fool, v. t. 1. To infatuate; to make foolish. Shak.
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For, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit. Dryden.
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2. To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money.
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You are fooled, discarded, and shook off
By him for whom these shames ye underwent. Shak.
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Coloq. To fool away , to get rid of foolishly; to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage.
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Foolahs (?), n. pl.; sing. Foolah. (Ethnol.) Same as .
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Fool-born (?), a. Begotten by a fool. Shak.
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Foolery (?), n.; pl. Fooleries (�). 1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.
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Folly in fools bears not so strong a note,
As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak.
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2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical.
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That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any of these fooleries, it can not be suspected. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Foolfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The orange filefish. See . (b) The winter flounder. See .
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Fool-happy (?), a. Lucky, without judgment or contrivance. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Foolhardihood (?), n. The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness.
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Foolhardily, adv. In a foolhardy manner.
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Foolhardiness, n. Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness. Dryden.
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Foolhardise (?), n. [Fool, F. fol, fou + F. hardiesse boldness.] Foolhardiness. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Foolhardy (?), a. [OF. folhardi. See idiot, and .] Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell.

Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See .
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Fool-hasty (?), a. Foolishly hasty. [R.]
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Foolify (?), v. t. [Fool + -fy.] To make a fool of; to befool. [R.] Holland.
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Foolish, a. 1. Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.
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I am a very foolish fond old man. Shak.
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2. Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act.
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3. Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.
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A foolish figure he must make. Prior.

Syn. -- Absurd; shallow; shallow-brained; brainless; simple; irrational; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious; silly; ridiculous; vain; trifling; contemptible. See .
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Foolishly, adv. In a foolish manner.
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Foolishness, n. 1. The quality of being foolish.
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2. A foolish practice; an absurdity.
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The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. 1 Cor. i. 18.
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Fool-large (?), a. [OF. follarge. See , and .] Foolishly liberal. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Fool-largesse (?), n. [See , .] Foolish expenditure; waste. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Foolscap (?), n. [So called from the watermark of a fool's cap and bells used by old paper makers. See Fool's cap, under .] A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See .
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Foot (f�t), n.; pl. Feet (fēt). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. fōt, pl. fēt; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. fōtr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. fōtus, L. pes, Gr. poys, Skr. pād, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. √77, 250. Cf. , , , to fetch, , , a piece in chess, .] 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 , and .
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2. (Zoöl.) 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 .
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3. 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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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.
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And now at foot
Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. Milton.
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5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.
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Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. Berkeley.
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6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [R.]
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As to his being on the foot of a servant. Walpole.
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7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See .
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☞ 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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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.
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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.
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10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail.
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☞ 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.
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Coloq. Foot artillery . (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. Farrow. -- Coloq. Foot bank (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet. -- Coloq. Foot barracks (Mil.), barracks for infantery. -- Coloq. Foot bellows , a bellows worked by a treadle. Knight. -- Coloq. Foot company (Mil.), a company of infantry. Milton. -- Coloq. Foot gear , covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots. -- Coloq. Foot hammer (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle. -- Coloq. Foot iron . (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter. -- Coloq. Foot jaw . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Foot key (Mus.), an organ pedal. -- Coloq. Foot level (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. Farrow. -- Coloq. Foot mantle , a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Foot page , an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Foot passenger , one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge. -- Coloq. Foot pavement , a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir. -- Coloq. Foot poet , an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] Dryden. -- Coloq. Foot post . (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers. -- Coloq. Fot pound , and Coloq. Foot poundal . (Mech.) See and , in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Foot press (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle. -- Coloq. Foot race , a race run by persons on foot. Cowper. -- Coloq. Foot rail , a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side. -- Coloq. Foot rot , an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness. -- Coloq. Foot rule , a rule or measure twelve inches long. -- Coloq. Foot screw , an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place. -- Coloq. Foot secretion . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Foot soldier , a soldier who serves on foot. -- Coloq. Foot stick (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place. -- Coloq. Foot stove , a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet. -- Coloq. Foot tubercle . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Foot valve (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser. -- Coloq. Foot vise , a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle. -- Coloq. Foot waling (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. Totten. -- Coloq. Foot wall (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein.
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Coloq. By foot , or Coloq. On foot , by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot. -- Coloq. Cubic foot . See under . -- Coloq. Foot and mouth disease , a contagious disease (Eczema epizoötica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs. -- Coloq. 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 , n.; also . (b). -- Coloq. Square foot . See under . -- Coloq. To be on foot , to be in motion, action, or process of execution. -- Coloq. To keep the foot (Script.), to preserve decorum. “Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.” Eccl. v. 1. -- Coloq. To put one's foot down , to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To put the best foot foremost , to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To set on foot , to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription. -- Coloq. To Coloq. put one on his feet , or Coloq. set one on his feet , to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start. -- Coloq. 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.
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Foot (f�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.
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2. To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly. Shak.
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Foot, v. t. 1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. Shak.
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2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [Obs.]
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What confederacy have you with the traitors
Late footed in the kingdom? Shak.
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3. To tread; as, to foot the green. Tickell.
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4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
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5. To seize or strike with the talon. [Poet.] Shak.
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6. To renew the foot of, as of a stocking. Shak.
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Coloq. To foot a bill , to pay it. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To foot it , to walk; also, to dance.
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If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest. Dryden.
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footage n. (Cinematography) 1. the amount of film that has been shot.
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2. a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done.
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football (?), n. An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. Waller.
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The American football is an oblate spheroid, with pointed ends. In other countries, the football is the same as a soccer ball. The games played with the two different balls are different. In the United States, the game played with a soccer ball is called soccer.
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2. The game played with a football{1}, by two opposing teams of players moving the ball between goals at opposite ends of a rectangular playing field. Outside the United States football refers to soccer, and in England, also to rugby, but in the United States the shape of the ball and the rules of the game are different. Arbuthnot.
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3. Soccer or rugby. [Brit.]
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4. [fig.] Something which is treated in a rough manner, usually as part of a dispute; as, a political football.
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footballer n. an athlete who plays football.
Syn. -- football player.
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Footband (?), n. A band of foot soldiers. [Obs.]
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Footbath (?), n. A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet.
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Footboard (?), n. 1. A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet; as: (a) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive. (b) The foot-rest of a coachman's box.
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2. A board forming the foot of a bedstead.
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3. A treadle.
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Footboy (?), n. A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. Shak.
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Footbreadth (?), n. The breadth of a foot; -- used as a measure. Longfellow.
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Not so much as a footbreadth. Deut. ii. 5.
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Footbridge (?), n. A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.
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Foot candle. (Photom.) The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot.
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Footcloth (?), n. Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse. Sir W. Scott.
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Footed, a. 1. Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot; as, a footed candlestick. “Footed like a goat.” Grew.
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☞ Footed is often used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) feet; as, fourfooted beasts.
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2. Having a foothold; established.
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Our king . . . is footed in this land already. Shak.
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-footer suff. a suffix designating something with a length of (so many) feet; -- used only in combinations with a numerical prefix; as, he is a six-footer; the golfer sank a 40-footer; his yacht is a 60-footer.
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footer n. a person who travels by foot.
Syn. -- pedestrian, walker.
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Footfall (?), n. A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep. Shak.
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Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. Poe.
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Footfight (?), n. A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney.
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Footglove (?), n. A kind of stocking. [Obs.]
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Foot Guards (?), pl. Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. [Eng.]
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Foothalt (?), n. A disease affecting the feet of sheep.
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Foothill (?), n. A low hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains.
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Foothold (?), n. A holding with the feet; firm standing; that on which one may tread or rest securely; footing. L'Estrange.
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Foothook (?), n. (Naut.) See .
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Foothot (?), adv. Hastily; immediately; instantly; on the spot; hotfoot. Gower.
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Custance have they taken anon, foothot. Chaucer.
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Footing, n. 1. Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
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In ascent, every step gained is a footing and help to the next. Holder.
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2. Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
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As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. Macaulay.
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3. Relative condition; state.
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Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay.
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4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread.
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Hark, I hear the footing of a man. Shak.
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5. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
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6. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.
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7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
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8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.
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9. (Arch. & Enging.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot.
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Coloq. Footing course (Arch.), one of the courses of masonry at the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above. -- Coloq. To pay one's footing , to pay a fee on first doing anything, as working at a trade or in a shop. Wright. -- Coloq. Footing beam , the tie beam of a roof.
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Footless, a. Having no feet.
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Footlicker (?), n. A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. . Shak.
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Footlight (?), n. One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith.
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Coloq. Before the footlights , upon the stage; -- hence, in the capacity of an actor.
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footling adj. small and of little importance; as, a footling gesture.
Syn. -- fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, paltry, petty, piddling, picayune, small, trivial.
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footlocker n. a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a military barracks).
Syn. -- locker.
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foot-loose adj. 1. having no commitments or restrictions. “foot-loose and fancy-free”
Syn. -- fancy-free, footloose.
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footloose adj. 1. without ties to a particular location; free to roam; wandering.
Syn. -- aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant.
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2. without dependents or responsibilities.
Syn. -- untrammeled, untrammelled.
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3. having no commitments or restrictions.
Syn. -- fancy-free, foot-loose.
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Footman (?), n.; pl. Footmen (�). 1. A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
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2. A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
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3. Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner. Prior.
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4. A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
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5. (Zoöl.) A moth of the family Lithosidæ; -- so called from its livery-like colors.
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Footmanship, n. Art or skill of a footman.
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Footmark (?), n. A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.
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Footnote (?), n. A note of reference or comment at the foot{4} of a page.
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Footpace (?), n. 1. A walking pace or step.
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2. A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase. Shipley.
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Footpad (?), n. A highwayman or robber on foot.
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Footpath (?), n.; pl. Footpaths (�). A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.
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Footplate (?), n. (Locomotives) See (a).
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Foot pound (?). (Mech.) A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity through a vertical distance of one foot.
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