foot-rot 
cattle and sheep. Simple, eontui/iomt. aud tu- 
berculous foot-rot are distinguished. 
foot-rule (fut'rol'), n. A rule or measure 12 
inches long; a rule for taking measurements 
in feet and inches. 
If a bundle of faggots were made ot foot-rules, one from 
every nation ancient and modern, there would not be any 
very unreasonable difference in the length of the sticks. 
De Morgan, Arith. Iiooks, p. 6. 
foots (futs), n. pi. [A conformed pi. of foot, in 
the deflected sense of sediment: see foot, n., 
15.] Kef use or sediment, as" at the bottom of 
a sugar- or oil-cask, etc. 
Foofs, bottoms, or such like names, have been borrowed 
from the tar-distiller to signify the refuse products of the 
stills. Ure, Diet., III. 771. 
The darkest foots [in sugar], so called from its receiving 
the drainage or moisture from the other portion of sugar 
in the hogshead while in a horizontal position during the 
voyage from the West Indies. //. Weatherby, Sugar, p. 18. 
footsam (fut'sam), n. [For *footseam, < foot + 
seam", grease.] Neat's-foot oil. [Prov. Eng.] 
foot-scent (fut'sent), M. In hunting, the scent 
of a trail. 
Pointers find their game by the scent being blown to 
them from the body, constituting what is called a " body- 
scent," and not from that left by the foot on the ground. 
which is called a "foot-scent." 
Dogs of Great Britain and America, p. 230. 
foot-screw (fut'skro), n. An adjusting-screw 
fitted to the leg of a table or bench, to bring 
the surface of the table to a perfectly horizon- 
tal position. 
foot-secretion (fut'se-kre"shon), . In zoo'l., 
the extrinsic scleroba'se or sclerpbasic corallum 
of the black corals or Antipathidw, secreted by 
the coenosarc, not by the polyps themselves, 
and of horny consistency: opposed to tissue- 
secretion. 
footset (fut'set), n. Same as foot-hedge. 
footsheett, . [< ME. foteshete; < foot + sheet.] 
1. A cloth spread over the chair and floor for 
a person to sit upon while his toilet was made. 
Se ye haue a fate shete made in this maner. Fyrst set 
a chayre by the fyre with a cuysshen, an other vnder his 
fete, than sprede a shete oner the chayre. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 282. 
2. A sheet used at the bottom of a bed. Ward- 
robe Ace. Edw. IV. 
foot-soldier (fut'sol"jer), n. A soldier who 
serves on foot ; an infantryman. 
foot-sore (fut'sor), a. Having the feet sore or 
tender, as from much walking. 
The heat of the ground made me .foot-sore. 
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe. 
A footsore ox in crowded ways, 
Stumbling across the market to his death 
Unpitied. Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 
footspace-rail (fut'spas-ral), n. In ship-build- 
ing, that rail in the balcony in which the bal- 
usters rest. 
footstaket, . [ME. footstake ; < foot + stake. ] 
The foot or base of a thing. 
Tlire pilers, and so feele footstakes. 
Wyclif, Ex. xxvii. 14 (Oxf.). 
footstalk (fut'stak), n. 1. In bot., the stalk 
or petiole of a leaf, or peduncle of a flower. 
In making black teas the foot-stalks are often collected 
with the leaves, unless for the very finest sorts, such as 
Pekoe, which are made from leaf-buds not expanded. 
A. G. F. Eliut James, Indian Industries, p. 346. 
2. In zool., a peduncle, pedicel, or cms ; a pro- 
cess or part of the body likened to the petiole 
of a plant, as supporting some other part of the 
body, or the rest of the body, as the muscu- 
lar process by which some brachiopods are at- 
tached, the peduncle of a cirriped, the stem of 
a crinoid, the ophthalmite of a stalk-eyed crus- 
tacean, etc. 3. In mack., the lower part of a 
mill-spindle. 
footstall (fut'stal), n. I. The stirrup of a wo- 
man's saddle. 2. [Cf. G. fussgestell, Sw. fot- 
stallning.] In arch., the plinth or base of a pil- 
lar: probably a sort of translation of French 
pie'destal, pedestal. 
footstep (fut'step), n. [< ME. footesteppe, fote- 
stcppe,footstappe,fetsteppe (=MHG. vuozstapfe, 
G. fuss-stapfe); <foot + step.] 1. A tread of 
the foot; a footfall; a stepping : as, I hear his 
footstep on the stair. 
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip 
not. Pa. xvii. 6. 
But hark ! the chiming clocks to dinner call ; 
A hundred footsteps scrape the marble hall. 
Pope, Moral Essays, iv. 152. 
2. The mark or impression of a foot; a foot- 
print ; a track. 
Alle hise fetsleppes 
After him he [the lion] filleth. Bestiary, 1. 7. 
2313 
Go thy way forth by the/v.i^x/^x of the flock, and feed 
thy kills beside the shepherds' tents. Cunt. i. 8. 
Hence 3. pi. The steps taken or methods 
pursued in any series of actions; a course of 
proceedings or measures, or the track or path 
markedout by such a course : as, the conqueror's 
footsteps were everywhere marked by blood: 
to follow the footsteps or in the footsteps of one's 
predecessor. 
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, 
and thy footsteps are not known. Ps. Ixxvii. 19. 
Which [flattery] though I will not practise to deceive, 
Yet to avoid deceit I mean to learn ; 
For it shall strew the footsteps of my rising. 
Shak., K. John, i. 1. 
Johnson proposed to follow in Lincoln's footsteps, but 
for a cautious experiment he substituted a dogmatic the- 
ory. 6. S. Merriam, S. Bowles, II. 18. 
4f. An evidence or token of anything done ; a 
manifest mark or indication. 
I am an utter stranger to these things, and know not 
the least foot-steps for them so to charge me. 
Quoted in Winthrop's Hist. New England, I. 373. 
Relations heertofore accounted fabulous have bin after 
found to contain in them many foot-steps and reliques of 
something true. ililtitn, Hist. Eng., i. 
No Footsteps of the Victor's Rage 
Left in the Camp where William did engage. 
Prior, Carmen Seculare, st. 12. 
5. In mech. : (a) The pillow in which the foot 
of an upright or vertical shaft works. (6) An 
inclined plane under a hand printing-press. 
foot-stick (fiit'stik), n. In printing, a taper- 
ing strip of wood or metal placed between the 
foot of a page or pages and the chase, to re- 
ceive the impact of the quoins used in locking 
up the form. 
footstool (fut'stol), n. [< foot + stool; cf. ME. 
fotsceomel, < AS. fotsceamel, -sceamol, -scamul, 
-scamel (= OS. fotskamel = OHG. fuozscamal, 
MHG. vnozschamel, G. fuss-schemel = Dan./od- 
skammel), a footstool: see foot and shamble 1 .] 
1. A stool, usually small and low, to rest the 
feet upon while sitting; by extension, anything 
serving for the same use. 
Adele . . . sat down, without a word, on the footstool 
I pointed out to her. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xvii. 
Sir Aylmer . . . with a sudden execration drove 
T 'he footstool from before him, and arose. 
Tennysmi, Aylmer's Field. 
Fredericus Barbarossa the Emperour lay downe his 
necke as afoote-stool to Pope Alexander the third to treade 
upon it. Cort/at, Crudities, I. 266. 
2. Figuratively, a person or thing that is trod- 
den upon or oppressed; hence, one who is an 
abject thrall, dependent, or tool. 
The people of the land are the foot-stoole of the Phari- 
sees. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 147. 
Hold, mightiest of kings ! I am thy vassal, 
thy footstool, that durst not presume to look 
On thy ort'ended face. 
Fletcher, Double Marriage, i. 2. 
God's footstool, or the footstool, the earth : in allu- 
sion to the following passage of the Bible : 
Thus saith the Lord, the heaven is my throne, and the 
earth is my footstool. Isa. Ixvi. 1. 
foot-Stove (fut ' stov), n. A contrivance for 
warming the feet ; afoot-warmer; specifically, 
a perforated tin or sheet-iron box with a wood- 
en frame, provided with a pan for live coals 
in a bed of ashes, formerly carried by women 
to church in cold weather. 
foot-stump (fut'stump), . One of the para- 
podia of a cheetopodous worm. See parapodi- 
nm. Also called foot-tubercle. 
foot-temperedt, a. [ME.foote-tempred.] Tem- 
pered or worked with the feet. 
And \\e\foote-tempred morter theron trete. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 155. 
foot-ton (fut'tun), n. A foot coupled with a 
ton ; the energy expended in raising a long ton 
of 2,240 pounds one foot against gravity, its 
value varies with the latitude and elevation, but is about 
30,400 megaergs. The power of modern guns is estimated 
in "foot-tons per inch of the shot's circumference." The 
formula generally used is 
= 2g. vd X 2240' 
in which E = the energy in foot-tons per inch of the cir- 
cumference of the shot, W = the weight of the shot in 
pounds, V = the velocity.il! feet, d = the diameter of the 
shot in inches, and g = the acceleration due to the force 
of gravity (= 32.2 approximately). 
English ordnance officers have adopted a larger unit 
[than foot-pound) for work, namely foot-ton, which is used 
for expressing work of heavy ordnance. 
Nystrmn, Elem. of Mechanics, p. 68. 
A blow of 641 foot-torn per ton of plate. 
The Engineer, LVII., No. 1483. 
foot-trapt, n. [< ME. foot-trapne ; < foot + 
trap 1 .] 1. A trap or snare for the feet. 
fop 
Thefoottrappe. [v&r.footyrene, Oxf.] of hym is hid in the 
erthe. tt'yclif, Job xviii. 10 (Purv.). 
2. The stocks. Nomenclator, 1585. 
foot-tubercle (fut'tu"ber-kl), . Sameas/ooJ- 
stunip. 
foot-valve (fut'valv), . The valve between the 
condenser and the air-pump in a steam-engine. 
foot-vise (fut' vis), . A bench-vise so arranged 
that its jaws may be opened or closed by means 
of a treadle beneath the bench. 
foot-waling (fut'wa"ling), . The whole inside 
planking or lining of a ship below the lower 
deck. 
Formerly, the several assemblages of inside plank of a 
ship of the line were known as clamps, ciuickwork, abut- 
ment pieces, spirketting, thick strakes, side keelsons, and 
limber strakes ; all the plank below the orlop deck clamps 
being collectively termed fuotwaling. 
Thcarle, Naval Arch., i 218. 
footwalk (fut'wak), n. A sidewalk. 
foot-wall (fut'wal), . In mining, that wall of 
a vein or lode which is under the miner's feet 
when he is at work: opposed to hanging wall. 
Where the vein has no decided dip, the walls are desig 
nated by reference to the points of the compass. 
foot-warmer (fut'war'mer), w. [= Dan. fod- 
varmer = Sw. fotvarmare.] A foot-stove, hot- 
water pipe, or other contrivance for warming 
the feet or keeping them warm. 
foot-wasting (fut'wosh"ing), . See washing 
of feet, underfoot. 
footway (fut'wa), ii. [= D. i-oetweg = G. fuss- 
weg.] I. A path for pedestrians; a walk; a 
sidewalk. 
And, whilst our horses are walk'd down the hill, 
Let thou and I walk here over this close ; 
The footway is more pleasant. 
Beau, and Fl., Coxcomb, ill. 8. 
2. In mining, the ladders by which the miners 
descend into and ascend from the mine. 
foot-worn (fut'worn), a. 1. Worn by the feet: 
as, a, foot-worn pavement. 2. Worn or wearied 
in the feet; foot-sore: as, a foot-worn traveler. 
footy 1 (fut'i), a. [< foot + -yi.] Having foots 
or settlings: as, footy oil, molasses, etc. 
footy 2 (fut'i), a. and n. [E. dial, and U. S. ; 
var. offouty, q. v.] I. a. Poor; mean; worth- 
less; trashy. 
I think it would be a very pretty bit of practice to the 
ship's company to take her out from under that footy bat- 
tery. Mari-yat, Peter Simple, xxxiil. 
Nobody wants you to shoot crooked ; take good iron to 
it, aud not footy paving-stones. 
Kingsley, Westward Ho, ix. 
II. .; pi. footies (-iz). Any one or any- 
thing slightly valued. [Local, New Eng.] 
foozle (fo'zl), n. A tedious person; a fogy. 
[Slang.] 
So is Lady Lancaster; entertaining kindred frumps and 
foozles in Eaton Square. 
It. Bimightan, Cometh up as a Flower, xxvl. 
fop 1 ! (fop), v. t. [Also fob : see /o&i and /&! ; 
< D.foppen, cheat, mock, prate, = LG. foppen, 
G. dial. (Prussian )fuppen (Brem. Diet.), mock, 
jeer, etc., = G.foppen, mock, jeer, banter (re- 
garded as slang). Hence /op 2 .] To mock; 
fool; cheat. 
Very well : go too ! I cannot go too (man); nor 'tis not 
very well ! Nay, I think it is scuruy : and begin to finde 
my telfefopt in it. Sltak., Othello, iv. 2 (folio, 1623). 
[Most modern editions read fobbed, fob being a later form 
of. fop.] 
fop 2 (fop), n. [< ME. fop, foppe, a fool ; cf . 
D. fopper, a wag, G. fopper, a jeerer, scoffer, 
moeker; </oj 1 , v.] 1. A fool; a shallow pre- 
tender; an ostentatious dunce. 
Foppe, i. q. [same as] folet [a fool : seefollet,foliot]. 
Prompt. Pare., p. 170. 
May such malicious Fops this Fortune find, 
To think themselves alone the Fools design'd. 
Conyreve, Way of the World, Epll. 
There is no fop so very near a madman in indifferent 
company as a poetical one. Steele, Tatler, No. 244. 
The solemn fop, significant and budge ; 
A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge. 
Camper, Conversation, 1. 299. 
2. A man who is ostentatiously nice in man- 
ner and appearance ; one who invites admira- 
tion by conspicuous dress and affectations ; a 
coxcomb ; a dandy. 
Gods ! shall the ravisher display your hair, 
While the fops envy and the ladies stare? 
Pope, R. of the L., iv. 104. 
Fops at all corners, lady-like in mien, 
Civetted fellows, smelt ere they are seen. 
Coicper, Tirocinium, 1. 829. 
Now a French Fop, like a Poet, is horn so, and wou'd 
be known without cloaths ; it is his Eyes, his Nose, his 
Finsers, his Elbows, his Heels ; they Dance when they 
Walk, and Sing when they speak. 
C. Bumaly, The Reform'd Wife, p. 32. 
= Syn. 2. Dandy, Exquisite, etc. See coxcomb. 
