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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Bootikin :: Bootikin (n.) A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout..
Scate :: Scate (n.) See Skate, for the foot..
Leg :: Leg (n.) A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot..
Hypermeter :: Hypermeter (n.) A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.
Benumb :: Benumb (a.) To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold..
Joule :: "Joule (n.) A unit of work which is equal to 107 units of work in the C. G. S. system of units (ergs), and is practically equivalent to the energy expended in one second by an electric current of one ampere in a resistance of one ohm. One joule is approximately equal to 0.738 foot pounds..
Epitrite :: Epitrite (n.) A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
Brontozoum :: Brontozoum (n.) An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone..
Coffin :: Coffin (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone..
Footpace :: Footpace (n.) A walking pace or step.
Ticklish :: Ticklish (a.) Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish..
Swiftlet :: Swiftfoot (n.) The courser.
Last :: Last (v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed..
Lackey :: Lackey (v.) An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
Buntline :: Buntline (n.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in..
Single-foot :: Single-foot (n.) An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i..
Moschatel :: Moschatel (n.) A plant of the genus Adoxa (A. moschatellina), the flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is called also hollow root and musk crowfoot..
Footboard :: Footboard (n.) A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his fee.
Byssus :: Byssus (n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc..
Plantigrade :: Plantigrade (a.) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.
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