FOOTSTALK

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.

2.
n.

The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles.

3.
n.

The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.

4.
n.

The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step. Knight.


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