Definition of foot

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Foot (n.) 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 Manus, and Pes..

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Spondulics :: Spondee (n.) A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges..
Water Celery :: Water celery () A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot.
Priapean :: Priapean (n.) A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, having generally a trochee in the first and the fourth foot, and an amphimacer in the third; -- applied also to a regular hexameter verse when so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each..
Harefoot :: Harefoot (n.) A tree (Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot..
Wair :: Wair (n.) A piece of plank two yard/ long and a foot broad.
Neat :: Neat (n. sing. & pl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot..
Mesopodium :: Mesopodium (n.) The middle portion of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.
Piedmont :: Piedmont (a.) Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.
Step :: Step (v. i.) An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
Footman :: Footman (n.) Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner..
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..
Stadium :: Stadium (n.) A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia..
Propodium :: Propodium (n.) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.
Grade :: Grade (n.) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264..
Peon :: Peon (n.) A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger..
Hand :: Hand (n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey..
Ford :: Ford (v. i.) A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading..
Pastern :: Pastern (n.) The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse..
Undersign :: Undersign (v. t.) To write one's name at the foot or end of, as a letter or any legal instrument..
Stirrup :: Stirrup (v. i.) A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body..
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