Foot

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.

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.

That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.

The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; 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.

Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.

Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular.

A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.

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.

The lower edge of a sail.

To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly.

To kick with the foot; to spurn.

To set on foot; to establish; to land.

To tread; as, to foot the green.

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

The size or strike with the talon.

To renew the foot of, as of stocking.

(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings

any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"