Definition of foot

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Foot (n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent..

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Propodium :: Propodium (n.) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.
Spondee :: Spondaical (a.) Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot..
Anisodactyls :: Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc..
Sock :: Sock (n.) A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
Flunky :: Flunky (n.) A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.
Tripping :: Tripping (a.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing..
Stocking :: Stocking (n.) A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven..
Spurn :: Spurn (n.) A kick; a blow with the foot.
Pentathlon :: Pentathlon (n.) A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear..
Javelin :: "Javelin (n.) A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game..
Pedestrious :: Pedestrious (a.) Going on foot; not winged.
Foothold :: Foothold (n.) A holding with the feet; firm standing; that on which one may tread or rest securely; footing.
Tenderfoot :: Tenderfoot (n.) A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.
Flax :: Flax (n.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed..
Bacchius :: Bacchius (n.) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short..
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Sexdigitism :: Sexdigitism (n.) The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot..
Goring Cloth :: Goring cloth (n.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.
Dove's-foot :: Dove's-foot (n.) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf..
Podocephalous :: Podocephalous (a.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk..
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