Foot

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. (Zoöl.) 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.
5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.
6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular.
7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.
8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.
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.
Foot artillery
1. Artillery soldiers serving in foot.
2. Heavy artillery.
Foot bank (Fort.),
a raised way within a parapet.
Foot barracks (Mil.),
barracks for infantery.
Foot bellows ,
a bellows worked by a treadle.
Foot company (Mil.),
a company of infantry.
Foot gear ,
covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots.
Foot hammer (Mach.),
a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle.
Foot iron
1. The step of a carriage.
2. A fetter.
Foot jaw . (Zoöl.)
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.
Foot mantle ,
a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt.
Foot page ,
an errand boy; an attendant.
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.
Foot post
1. A letter carrier who travels on foot.
2. A mail delivery by means of such carriers.
Fot pound, and 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.
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 . (Zoöl.)
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 . (Zoöl.)
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.
Foot wall (Mining),
the under wall of an inclosed vein.

1. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
2. To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly.

1. To kick with the foot; to spurn.
2. To set on foot; to establish; to land.
3. To tread; as, to foot the green.
4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
5. To seize or strike with the talon.
6. To renew the foot of, as of a stocking.
To foot a bill, to pay it. [Colloq.] -- To foot it ,
to walk; also, to dance.