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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Footstep \Foot"step'\, noun
1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom.
How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses. --Bryant.
2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
footstep
noun
1: the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch" [syn: {footfall}, {step}]
2: the act of taking a step in walking
3: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: {pace}, {step}, {stride}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "footstep": boss, bump, clop, colophon, concavity, convexity, dactylogram, dactylograph, dent, dint, doorstep, embossment, example, excrescence, fingerprint, footfall, footmark, footprint, footprints, footrest, footsteps, fossil footprint, hippety-hop, hoofbeat, hop, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, jump, lump, pace, pad, paw print, pawmark, pimple, print, pug, pugmark, rest, riser, round, rundle, rung, scale, seal, sigil, signet, skip, spoke, spoor, stair, stamp, stave, step, step stool, stepping-stone, stride, string, stud, thumbmark, thumbprint, trace, track, tract, tradition, trail, tread, vestige, way of life
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