footrule

A rule or measure of one foot or twelve inches in length. foot-screw, A supporting foot, for giving a machine or table a level standing on an uneven floor. foot-secretion, s. footed To foot the peats : To set them up on end. A phrase used in preparing turf for fuel. foot'-ball, s. [Eng. foot; ball.] I. Literally: 1. A ball consisting of an inflated rubber bladder of the shape of a prolate spheroid, incased in heavy leather, and used in the game of football. 2. A game played with a football by two parties or teams of eleven men each, upon a field 330 feet long and 160 feet wide, inclosed by white lines marked in lime on the ground. In the middle of the lines forming the ends of the field the goal-posts are erected 18% feet apart, with a cro -bar ten feet from the ground. The usual formation of the teams is as follows: Each team is divided into seven rush ers or forwards, who stand in a line facing their seven opponents a quarter-back, who stands just behind this line; two a few yards behind quarter-back; and finally a full-back or goal-tend, who stands a dozen yards or so behind the half-backs Some man of the side having the kick-off starts the game by placing the ball in the exact center of the field and kicking it into the opponents' territory, who must stand back on their own ground at least ten yards. The opponents catch the ball and either return it by a kick or run with it. If one of them runs with it he may be tackled by the opponents. As soon as he and the ball are brought to a standstill, the referee blows his whistle, the runner has the ball "down," and it must be placed on the ground at that spot for a "scrimmage." The ball is then put in play again by the center-rush kicking the ball, or snapping it back to his quarter-back just behind him. A goal is made by kicking the ball in any way except by a punt (i. e. letting the ball fall from hands and kicking it before it touches ground), from the field of play over the cro -bar of the opponents' goal. In a regular match the foot-stick, s. Print.: A wedge-shaped piece of furniture placed in between the foot-stick and the in locking IMG:content-1876.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1877.jpg:[blocks in formation] Zool. (pl.): The non-articulated appendages of the Annelid a. They are sometimes called Parapodia. foot-vise, s . A vise whose jaws are brought together by means of a strap pa ing through the two and operated by a treadle. It has not a very powerful grasp, but from the facility with which the jaws are opened or closed is useful in operating on objects which do not require to be held very firmly. foot-wall, s . Min .: The wall or side of the rock under the min Mil .: A company of foot-soldiers. foot-gear, 8. Coverings for the feet; boots, eral vein; commonly called the underlying-wall. shoes, . IMG:content-1878.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1879.jpg:[blocks in formation] foot-warmer, s. 1. A heated stool for the feet; a foot-stove. 2. A hot-water bottle shaped to fit against the soles of the feet of a person lying in bed. IMG:content-1880.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To tread or walk on with the feet; to tread. 2. To spurn with the foot; to kick. "You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me, as you spurn a stranger cur." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , i. 3. 3. To spurn in any way; to reject. "When you shall foot her from you, not she you." Beaum . & Flet .: Wit at several Weapons , v. 1. 4. To seize with the foot or claw. "We are the earth, and they, Like moles within us, heave and cast about; And till they foot and clutch their prey, They never cool." Herbert . 5. To make, add, or attach a foot to. "I'll sew nether stocks, and mend them, and foot them too."-Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . I. , ii. 4. minutes. Then there is a ten minutes' intermi ion, after which the other side has po e ion of the ball for the kick-offat the second 35 minutes. The game is determined by the number of points scored, a touchdown counting 6, one from the field 5, a touchdown from which no goal is kicked 4, -a safety counting two points for the opponents. The foregoing account applies to the game of football as played in this country by the University Athletic club and teams of the leading universities. II. Fig .: Anything subjected to many chances or ups-and-downs; as, the football of fortune.