foot : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the volume of water that would cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot; 43,560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic meters
  

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• noun the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
  foot.
  

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• noun fungal infection of the feet
  tinea pedis.
  

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• noun a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia
  Davallia pyxidata.
  

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• a distorted foot. Obs. Jer. Taylor.

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• noun digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally
  stinking hellebore; Helleborus foetidus; setterwort.
  

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Bear's"-foot` noun

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1. (Bot.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.

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• noun the foot of a bird
  

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• noun European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
  bird's foot clover; Lotus corniculatus; bacon and eggs; babies' slippers.
  

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• noun Old World herb related to fenugreek
  Trigonella ornithopodioides.
  
• noun European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
  bird's foot clover; Lotus corniculatus; bacon and eggs; babies' slippers.
  

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Bird's"-foot` noun

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1. (Bot.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.

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• noun cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalks
  Pellaea mucronata; Pellaea ornithopus.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. L. corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain. (b) the related plant, Trigonella ornithopodioides, is also European.

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• noun common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies
  wood violet; Johnny-jump-up; pansy violet; Viola pedata.
  

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• noun any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
  theropod dinosaur; theropod.
  

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• noun a variety of albatross with black feet
  Diomedea nigripes; goonie; gooney; gooney bird; goony.
  

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• noun musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
  ferret; Mustela nigripes.
  

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• noun the volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thick
  

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• noun medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
  brush-footed butterfly; nymphalid butterfly; nymphalid.
  

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• by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot.

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• noun a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet
  

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• jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc.

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• noun feet of calves used as food; usually jellied
  

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• noun fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira
  Davallia canariensis.
  

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• noun low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers
  pussytoes; Antennaria dioica; cat's feet.
  

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• noun low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers
  pussytoes; Antennaria dioica; cat's feet.
  

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Cat's`-foot noun

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1. (Bot.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.

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• noun a deformity in which the space between the third and fourth toes extends up into the foot
  

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Cleft"-foot`ed adjective

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1. Having a cloven foot.

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• noun the mark of Satan
  cloven hoof.
  
• noun a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine)
  cloven hoof.
  

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• adjective of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine
  cloven-hoofed.
  

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Clo"ven-foot`ed, Clo"ven-hoofed` adjective (Also<

• Cloven-footed
• Cloven-hoofed

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1. Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.

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• noun timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action
  
  • I was going to tell him but I got cold feet

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• noun spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot
  theridiid.
  

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• noun a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes
  laugh line; crow's feet.
  

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• noun a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes
  laugh line; crow's feet.
  
• noun large tree of Australasia
  silky elm; booyong; brown oak; red beech; Terrietia trifoliolata; stave wood; Heritiera trifoliolata.
  

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Crow's"-foot` noun

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1. pl. The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. Tennyson.
2. (Mil.) A caltrop. Written also crowfoot.
3. (Arch.) Same as Bird's-mouth. U.S.

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• noun the volume equal to a cube one foot on each side
  cu ft.
  

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• a volume equivalent to a cubical solid which measures a foot in each of its dimensions.

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• noun western geranium with small pink flowers; a common weed on lawns and in vacant lots
  Geranium molle.
  

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Dove's"-foot` noun

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1. (Bot.) (a) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf. (b) The columbine. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

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• verb postpone doing what one should be doing
  dillydally; dilly-dally; drag one's heels; procrastinate; stall; shillyshally.
  
  • He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days

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Duck's"-foot` noun

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1. (Bot.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).

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• noun a wood rat with dusky feet
  

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• noun host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
  Neotoma fuscipes.
  

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• (Bot.) (a) A South African plant (Testudinaria Elephantipes), which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of bark cracked with deep fissures; called also tortoise plant. The interior part is barely edible, whence the plant is also called Hottentot's bread. (b) A genus (Elephantopus) of coarse, composite weeds.

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• noun South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
  Dioscorea elephantipes; tortoise plant; Hottentot's bread vine; Hottentot bread vine.
  
• noun any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America
  

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• adjective satellite having rapidly moving feet
  fast-footed.
  

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Fin"-foot`ed adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) Having palmate feet. (b) Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe.

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Flat" foot`

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1. (Med.) A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot.

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• adjective satellite with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe
  
• adjective satellite unprepared and unable to react quickly
  
  • the new product caught their competitors flat-footed
• adjective satellite having broad flat feet that usually turn outward
  
  • a slow flat-footed walk
• adjective satellite without reservation
  
  • a flat-footed refusal

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Flat"-foot`ed adjective

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1. Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep.
2. Firm-footed; determined. Slang, U.S. catch flat-footed = catch unprepared

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Fleet"-foot` adjective

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1. Swift of foot. Shak.

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• a contagious disease (Eczema epizoötica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs.

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• . (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. Farrow.

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• (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet.

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• (Mil.), barracks for infantery.

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• a bellows worked by a treadle. Knight.

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• noun hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal
  

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• (Mil.), a company of infantry. Milton.

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• noun a specialist in care for the feet
  podiatrist; chiropodist.
  

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• covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots.

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Foot" Guards` plural

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1. Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. Eng.

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• (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle.

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• . (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Maxilliped.

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• (Mus.), an organ pedal.

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• (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. Farrow.

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• noun a lever that is operated with the foot
  pedal; foot lever; treadle.
  

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• a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. Obs.

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• (Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See Fine of land, under Fine, n.; also Chirograph. (b).

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• an errand boy; an attendant. Obs.

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• one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge.

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• a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir.

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• noun a lever that is operated with the foot
  pedal; foot lever; treadle.
  

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• an inferior poet; a poetaster. R. Dryden.

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• . (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers.

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Foot" pound`

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1. (Mech.) A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.

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Foot" pound`al

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1. (Mech.) A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal.

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• (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle.

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• noun a race run on foot
  footrace; run.
  
  • she broke the record for the half-mile run

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• a race run by persons on foot. Cowper.

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• a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side.

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• noun contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)
  
• noun plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base
  

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• an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness.

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• noun a ruler one foot long
  

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• a rule or measure twelve inches long.

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• an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Sclerobase.

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• noun fights on foot with small arms
  infantryman; footslogger; marcher.
  
• noun an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
  subordinate; underling; subsidiary.
  

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• a soldier who serves on foot.

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• (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.

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• a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet.

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• noun people coming and going on foot
  pedestrian traffic.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Parapodium.

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• verb add a column of numbers
  foot.
  

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• (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser.

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• a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle.

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• (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. Totten.

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• (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein.

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• noun acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs
  hoof-and-mouth disease.
  

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• noun a former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot
  ft-L.
  

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• noun a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot
  

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• noun a unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot
  

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• adjective satellite shaped in the form of a foot
  

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Foot"-sore` adjective

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1. Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.

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• noun 2240 foot-pounds
  

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• noun foot adapted for digging as in moles
  

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• . (Mech.) See Foot pound and Foot poundal, in the Vocabulary.

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• adjective having four feet
  quadruped; quadrupedal.
  

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• noun medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
  brush-footed butterfly; nymphalid butterfly; nymphalid.
  

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• through the whole length of a man; completely; throughout. "Arm me, audacity, from head to foot." Shak.

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• noun short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers
  goatsfoot; Oxalis caprina.
  

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• (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.

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• adverb in all ways possible
  
  • they served him hand and foot

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• noun a variety of bristle fern
  Trichomanes boschianum.
  

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• noun either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft grey hairy rootstock
  

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Hare's"-foot` fern`

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1. (Bot.) A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.

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• adjective (of movement) lacking ease or lightness
  
  • his tired heavy-footed walk

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Hen's-foot` noun

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1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).

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• noun a bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward
  

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• noun the hoof of a horse
  

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• noun the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
  foot; pes.
  
  • his bare feet projected from his trousers
  • armored from head to foot

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• shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. Kane.

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• noun resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet
  immersion foot.
  

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• noun any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
  foot.
  

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• . (Pros.) See Ionic, n., 1.

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• noun very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
  wanderlust.
  

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• noun sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
  kangaroo's-foot; kangaroo paw; Anigozanthus manglesii; kangaroo's paw; Australian sword lily.
  

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• noun sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
  kangaroo's-foot; kangaroo paw; Anigozanthus manglesii; kangaroo's paw; Australian sword lily.
  

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• noun large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
  leaf-foot bug.
  

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Leaf"-foot`ed adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus).

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• noun large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs
  leaf-foot bug.
  

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• . (a) Having a light step. (b) Fleet.

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Light"-foot`, Light"-foot`ed adjective (Also<

• Light-foot
• Light-footed

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1. Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.

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• adjective (of movement) having a light and springy step
  
  • a light-footed girl

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Light"-foot`, Light"-foot`ed adjective (Also<

• Light-foot
• Light-footed

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1. Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.

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• noun common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
  gall of the earth; Nabalus serpentarius; Prenanthes serpentaria.
  

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Li"on's foot`

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1. (Bot.) (a) A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States. (b) The edelweiss.

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• noun a bird's foot having separate toes each with membranous flaps along the sides
  

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Lobe"-foot`ed adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Lobiped.

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• noun (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
  foot; metrical unit.
  

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Mouth"-foot`ed adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.

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• an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable.

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• noun a pale yellow oil made from the feet and legs of cattle; used as a dressing for leather
  

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• (Zoöl.), a marine gastropod shell of the genus Aporrhais, esp. Aporrhais pes-pelicani of Europe.

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• noun feet or knuckles of hogs used as food; pickled or stewed or jellied
  pigs' knuckles.
  

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Polt"-foot`, Polt"-foot`ed adjective (Also<

• Polt-foot
• Polt-footed

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1. Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet. B. Jonson.

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• a distorted foot.

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• noun North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers
  Lotus americanus; compass plant; prairie lotus; prairie trefoil.
  

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• the part of a sewing machine which rests on the cloth and presses it down upon the table of the machine.

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• noun tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium
  Phlebodium aureum; Polypodium aureum; serpent fern; golden polypody.
  

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Rough"-foot`ed adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. R. Sherwood.

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Sheep's-foot` noun

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1. A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.

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• noun a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
  rack.
  
• verb go at a rack
  rack.
  
  • the horses single-footed

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Sin"gle-foot` noun

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1. An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i.

   Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and the anterior extremities in that of a slow trot. Stillman (The Horse in Motion.)

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• adjective satellite sound of quiet gentle steps
  

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• . See Soul scot, below. Obs.

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• the off hind foot of a horse.

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• noun a unit of area equal to one foot by one foot square
  sq ft.
  

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• an area equal to that of a square the sides of which are twelwe inches; 144 square inches.

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• noun feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia
  ball fern; Davallia Mariesii; Davalia bullata mariesii; Davalia bullata.
  

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• adjective satellite not liable to stumble or fall
  surefooted; footsure.
  
  • on surefooted donkeys
• adjective satellite not liable to error in judgment or action
  confident; surefooted.
  
  • most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman
  • demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani

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Sure"-foot`ed adjective

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1. Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.

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• adjective satellite having rapidly moving feet
  fast-footed.
  

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• noun a delicious morel with a conic fertile portion having deep and irregular pits
  Morchella crassipes.
  

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Tic"kle-foot`ed adjective

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1. Uncertain; inconstant; slippery. Obs. & R. Beau. & Fl.

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Ti"ger's-foot` noun

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1. (Bot.) A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.

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Ti"ger-foot` noun

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1. (Bot.) Same as Tiger's-foot.

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Ti"ger-foot`ed adjective

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1. Hastening to devour; furious.

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• to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start.

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• to be in motion, action, or process of execution.

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• to pay it. Colloq.

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• to walk; also, to dance. = to hoof it (to walk)

  If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest. Dryden.

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• to be unfortunate; to know what sorrow is (because black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto). Leigh Hunt.

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• (Script.), to preserve decorum. "Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God." Eccl. v. 1.

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• to come speedily to one's relief. Ps. lxxiv. 3.

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• to pay a fee on first doing anything, as working at a trade or in a shop. Wright.

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• to take a resolute stand; to be determined. Colloq.

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• to make a good appearance; to do one's best. Colloq.

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• to set going; to put in motion; to start.
• to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription.

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• to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.

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• noun resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet
  immersion foot.
  

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• noun tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration
  

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• (Zoöl.), one of the ambulacral suckers of an echinoderm.

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Tur"tle-foot`ed adjective

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1. Slow-footed. R. "Turtle-footed Peace." Ford.

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Two"-foot` adjective

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1. Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule.

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• adjective having two feet
  bipedal; biped.
  

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• . (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.

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• noun the extremity of the limb in vertebrates
  pedal extremity.
  

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• adjective satellite having feet with webbed toes
  web-toed.
  

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Web"-foot`ed adjective

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1. Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl.

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• noun a bird's foot with folds of skin between the toes
  

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White"-foot` noun

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1. (Far.) A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.

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• noun American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts
  Peromyscus leucopus; vesper mouse.
  

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• noun common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed
  Plantago major; cart-track plant; common plantain; white-man's foot; broad-leaved plantain.
  

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• noun common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed
  Plantago major; cart-track plant; common plantain; white-man's foot; broad-leaved plantain.
  

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Wing"-foot`ed adjective

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1. Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet. Drayton.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying. (b) Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod mollusks.

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Wolf's"-foot` noun

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1. (Bot.) Club moss. See Lycopodium.

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• noun a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward
  

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