Foot

fot>t, n.; pi. Feet, fet. Ihe part of a leg below to the ankle; lowest part or foundation; last of a row or series; fundamental principle; basis; ordinary level or rank; a measure consisting of 12 inches. (Mil.) The foot-soldiers, infantry. (Pros.) A combination of syllables constituting a metrical element of a verse. — v. i. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to walk. — v. t. To strike with the foot, kick: to tread; to sum up, as numbers in a column; to add a foot to. — Footing, n. Ground for the foot; firm foundation to stand on; established place; relative; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. condition; state; tread; esp. tread to measure; adding up a column of figures; sum total of column; act of putting a foot to anj-thing, or which is added as afoot; a plain cotton lace, without figures; the finer refuse part of whale blubber, wholly deprived of oil. (Arch.) The broad foundation or base of a wall. — Foot '-ball, n. An inflated ball, kicked about; sport of kicking, etc. — hold, A holding with the feet; that on which one tread securely. — man, n.; pi. -MEN. A soldier marches and fights on foot; a male servant who tends the door, carriage, table, etc. — pound, n. dynamic unit, — being the amount of work done raising 1 pound through 1 foot. — print, n. A or foot-mark. — sol'dier, n. A soldier who serres foot. — sore, a. Having tender or sore feet, as much walking. — step, n. Sound made by putting down the foot; mark or impre ion of the foot; track; visible sign of a course pursued; token. 162