adv. [ Pref. a- + foot. ] 1. On foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

We 'll walk afoot a while. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

The matter being afoot. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A unit, employed in calculating fall of pressure in distributing mains, equivalent to a current of one ampère flowing through one foot of conductor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. & adv. With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the feet bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus fœtidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. Lotus corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain. (b) the related plant, Trigonella ornithopodioides, is also European. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian. -- n. A Blackfoot Indian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a weasellike mammal (Mustela nigripes) inhabiting the western North American prairie, having dark feet, a dark-tipped tail, and a dark face on a yellowish-brown coat. It is an endangered species. [ PJC ]

. (Photom.) The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot; -- used as a unit of illumination. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Bot.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a cloven foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Club + foot. ] (Med.) A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a clubfoot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Butterbur coltsfoot (Bot.), a European plant (Petasites vulgaris). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The phalarope; -- so called because its toes are like the coot's. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A caltrop. [ Written also crow's-foot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Well Boring) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Crow's-feet [ 1913 Webster ]

1. pl. The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) A caltrop. [ Written also crowfoot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) Same as Bird's-mouth. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes. (b) Any moth of the genus Polypogon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A South American bird (Heliornis fulica) allied to the grebes. The name is also applied to several related species of the genus Podica. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) (a) Having palmate feet. (b) Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a police officer, especially a foot patrolman. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

(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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep; suffering from fallen arches. [ wns=3 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Firm-footed; determined. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. clumsy; amateurish; pedestrian; unimaginative; plodding; as, flatfooted prose. [ PJC ]

4. Without reservation; without evasion or compromise; firm; as, a flat-footed refusal; a flatfooted denial. [ wns=4 ]
Syn. -- downright, forthright, foursquare, head-on, straightforward. [ PJC ]

5. With feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe. [ wns=1 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

6. Unprepared and unable to react quickly; as, the new product caught their competitors flat-footed. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- unready. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

To catch (one) flatfooted to catch (a person) unprepared; to catch (a person) by surprise. [ PJC ]

a. Swift of foot. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Coltsfoot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Feet [ OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. fōt, pl. fēt; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. fōtr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. fōtus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. pād, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. √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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now at foot
Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. [ 1913 Webster ]

Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As to his being on the foot of a servant. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. (Zool.) 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, 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. 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. (Zool.) 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. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 epizoötica) 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, n.; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Footed; p. pr. & vb. n. Footing. ] 1. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What confederacy have you with the traitors
Late footed in the kingdom? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To tread; as, to foot the green. Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To seize or strike with the talon. [ Poet. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To renew the foot of, as of a stocking. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To foot a bill, to pay it. [ Colloq. ] --
To foot it, to walk; also, to dance. [ 1913 Webster ]

If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Cinematography) 1. the amount of film that has been shot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

The American football is an oblate spheroid, with pointed ends. In other countries, the football is the same as a soccer ball. The games played with the two different balls are different. In the United States, the game played with a soccer ball is called soccer. [ PJC ]

2. The game played with a football{ 1 }, by two opposing teams of players moving the ball between goals at opposite ends of a rectangular playing field. Outside the United States football refers to soccer, and in England, also to rugby, but in the United States the shape of the ball and the rules of the game are different. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. Soccer or rugby. [ Brit. ] [ PJC ]

4. [ fig. ] Something which is treated in a rough manner, usually as part of a dispute; as, a political football. [ PJC ]

n. an athlete who plays football.
Syn. -- football player. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A band of foot soldiers. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet; as: (a) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive. (b) The foot-rest of a coachman's box. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A board forming the foot of a bedstead. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A treadle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The breadth of a foot; -- used as a measure. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not so much as a footbreadth. Deut. ii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A narrow bridge for foot passengers only. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Photom.) The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot; as, a footed candlestick. “Footed like a goat.” Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Footed is often used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) feet; as, fourfooted beasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a foothold; established. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our king . . . is footed in this land already. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who travels by foot.
Syn. -- pedestrian, walker. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

suff. a suffix designating something with a length of (so many) feet; -- used only in combinations with a numerical prefix; as, he is a six-footer; the golfer sank a 40-footer; his yacht is a 60-footer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of stocking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pl. Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]