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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foot \Foot\ (f[oo^]t), noun; pl. {Feet} (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy's, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. [root]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient}, {Fet} to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess, {Pedal}.]
1. (Anat.) 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}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of {Buccinum}.
3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.
4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain, column, or page; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed;; the foot of the page.
And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. --Milton.
5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.
Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. --Berkeley.
6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [R.]
As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole.
7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See {Yard}.
Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters.
8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. ''Both horse and foot.'' --Milton.
9. (Pros.) 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.
10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail.
Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds.
{Foot artillery}. (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow.
{Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet.
{Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery.
{Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight.
{Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton.
{Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots.
{Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle.
{Foot iron}. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter.
{Foot jaw}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Maxilliped}.
{Foot key} (Mus.), an organ pedal.
{Foot level} (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. --Farrow.
{Foot mantle}, a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obs.]
{Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.]
{Foot passenger}, one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge.
{Foot pavement}, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir.
{Foot poet}, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden.
{Foot post}. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers.
{Fot pound}, & {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound} and {Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary.
{Foot press} (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle.
{Foot race}, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper.
{Foot rail}, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side.
{Foot rot}, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness.
{Foot rule}, a rule or measure twelve inches long.
{Foot screw}, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place.
{Foot secretion}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sclerobase}.
{Foot soldier}, a soldier who serves on foot.
{Foot stick} (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.
{Foot stove}, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet.
{Foot tubercle}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Parapodium}.
{Foot valve} (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser.
{Foot vise}, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle.
{Foot waling} (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten.
{Foot wall} (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein.
{By foot}, or {On foot}, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot.
{Cubic foot}. See under {Cubic}.
{Foot and mouth disease}, a contagious disease (Eczema epizo["o]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs.
{Foot of the fine} (Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See {Fine of land}, under {Fine}, noun; also {Chirograph}. (b).
{Square foot}. See under {Square}.
{To be on foot}, to be in motion, action, or process of execution.
{To keep the foot} (Script.), to preserve decorum. ''Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.'' --Eccl. v. 1.
{To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.]
{To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.]
{To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription.
{To} {put one on his feet}, or {set one on his feet}, to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start.
{Under foot}. (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. --Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] ''They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot.'' --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Feet \Feet\, noun pl. See {Foot}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Feet \Feet\, noun [See {Feat}, noun] Fact; performance. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
feet See {foot}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
foot
noun
1: a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall" [syn: {ft}]
2: the foot of a human being; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot" [syn: {human foot}, {pes}]
3: the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain" [ant: {head}]
4: travel by foot; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
5: a foot of a vertebrate other than a human being [syn: {animal foot}]
6: a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
7: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: {foundation}, {base}, {fundament}, {groundwork}, {substructure}, {understructure}]
8: any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates [syn: {invertebrate foot}]
9: an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot" [syn: {infantry}]
10: a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
11: a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm [syn: {metrical foot}, {metrical unit}]
verb
1: pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" [syn: {pick}]
2: walk; "let's hoof it to the disco" [syn: {leg it}, {hoof}, {hoof it}]
3: add a column of numbers [syn: {foot up}] [also: {feet} (pl)]
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