n. [ Boot + -kin. ] 1. A little boot, legging, or gaiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout. H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [ Obs. ] Sir. J. Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Scot. & Dial. Eng.) 1. A little hoof. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The Devil. “Satan, Nick, or Clootie.” Burns. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Same as Craps. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. 'en in + zw^, on an animal: cf. F. enzoötique. ] Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. épizoötique. ] 1. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to an epizoön. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Epizoötic mountains are of secondary formation. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ F. épizoötie. ] 1. A contagious disease which attacks many animals at the same time; an epizootic disease; an epidemic among animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. [ 1913 Webster ]

In ascent, every step gained is a footing and help to the next. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold. [ 1913 Webster ]

As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Relative condition; state. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hark, I hear the footing of a man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Arch. & Enging.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Footing course (Arch.), one of the courses of masonry at the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above. --
To pay one's footing, to pay a fee on first doing anything, as working at a trade or in a shop. Wright. --
Footing beam, the tie beam of a roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Robbery; plunder; a pillaging. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Acting the freebooter; practicing freebootery; robbing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your freebooting acquaintance. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; laying eggs (&unr_; egg + &unr_; a bearing, ti`ktein to bear) + -oid. ] (Zool.) A half oviparous, or an oviparous, mammal; a marsupial or monotreme. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. pro- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, an ear. ] (Anat.) In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule. -- n. A prootic bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shooting board (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true. --
Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the shooting season. Prof. Wilson. --
Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets for practice with firearms. --
Shooting iron, a firearm. [ Slang, U.S. ] --
Shooting star. (a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky, and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also falling star. Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which become visible by coming with planetary velocity into the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August, they appear for a few hours in great numbers, apparently diverging from some point in the heavens, such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth, were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of comets. See Leonids, Perseids. (b) (Bot.) The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See under Cowslip. --
Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron, used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase. Hansard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sooty. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Sport) Shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons sprung into the air, from a trap. -- Trap shooter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. zw^, on an animal. ] Containing the remains of organized bodies; -- said of rock or soil. [ 1913 Webster ]