8. (Mil.)
Defn: Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. "Both horse and foot." Milton.
9. (Pros.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: The lower edge of a sail.
Note: 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. 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. (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. 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. (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. Totten.
— Foot wall (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein. 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, 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.
FOOT
Foot, 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.
2. To walk; — opposed to ride or fly. Shak.