See Also: Goat' s Foot, Hind' s Foot, Pied De Biche - Archery(gambling)
Foot(health)
Foot, N(medicine)
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FOOT(law)
foot rot(medicine)

foot(2) (iou)



foot verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
I.
verb intrans. & (esp.) trans. with it.
a. Step, or tread to music or in time; dance. LME.
Dryden A Quire of Ladies..That featly footing seem'd to skim the Ground.
b. Walk, go on foot. L16.
S. E. Ferrier He footed away as fast as his short legs..permitted. G. Greene The taxi drew up at the corner of a city street. 'We foot it from here.'
verb trans. Set foot on; walk, dance, etc., on or over. M16.
J. Henry The ground we footed within the last three days is a very rugged isthmus. R. L. Stevenson It was good to foot the grass.
verb trans. Settle or establish (a person, esp. oneself) in or in a specified place. Now rare. L16.
verb trans.
a. Strike or push with the foot or feet; kick; spurn (lit. & fig.). Now rare. L16.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice You that did..foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold.
b. Of a bird, esp. a hawk: seize with the talons. L16.
verb trans. Follow the tracks of; trace. L18.
II.
verb trans. Make a foot for, add or attach a foot to. LME.
Smollett The stockings which his wife footed for me.
a. verb trans. Write the total at the foot of, add up (an account, bill, etc.). Freq. foll. by up. L15.
H. B. Stowe The wall-paper was..garnished with chalk memorandums, and long sums footed up.
b. verb trans. Pay or settle (a bill). colloq. E19.
T. C. Wolfe Tell him..to spare no expense. I'll foot the bills.
c. verb intrans. Mount or total up to or to a particular sum. M19.