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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Talus :: Talus (n.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.
Footband :: Footband (n.) A band of foot soldiers.
Footprint :: Footprint (n.) The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, Footprints of the Creator..
Foot :: Foot (n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking..
Webfoot :: Webfoot (n.) A foot the toes of which are connected by a membrane.
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)..
Vinculum :: Vinculum (n.) A commissure uniting the two main tendons in the foot of certain birds.
Footworn :: Footworn (a.) Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler..
Metacarpus :: Metacarpus (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle..
Fleet-foot :: Fleet-foot (a.) Swift of foot.
Benumb :: Benumb (a.) To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold..
Tiger-footed :: Tiger-footed (a.) Hastening to devour; furious.
Run :: Run (v. i.) To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot..
Gliddery :: Gliddery (a.) Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery.
Footstep :: Footstep (n.) The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom..
Overreach :: Overreach (n.) The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
Hypermeter :: Hypermeter (n.) A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.
Passionist :: Passionist (n.) A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross..
Leaf-footed :: Leaf-footed (a.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)..
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