Definition of foot

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Foot (n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

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It :: It (pron.) As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk)..
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.
Stirt :: Stirrup (v. i.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope..
Foothill :: Foothill (n.) A low hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains.
Oarfoot :: Oarfoot (n.) Any crustacean of the genus Remipes.
Peon :: Peon (n.) A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger..
Sciatica :: Sciatica (n.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic..
Ass :: Ass (n.) A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed..
Pace :: Pace (n.) A slow gait; a footpace.
Metatarsus :: Metatarsus (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix..
Galliwasp :: Galliwasp (n.) A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous..
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles..
Buttercup :: Buttercup (n.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare..
Plantigrade :: Plantigrade (n.) A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears..
Mesohippus :: Mesohippus (n.) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot..
Footmanship :: Footmanship (n.) Art or skill of a footman.
Calced :: Calced (a.) Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.
Light-footed :: Light-footed (a.) Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris..
Predella :: Predella (n.) The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
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