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A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.

Art or skill of a footman.

A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.

A note of reference or comment at the foot of a page.

A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase. Shipley.

A highwayman or robber on foot.

A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.

See Footboard (a).

The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."

The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse.

The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead. Simmonds.

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

The stirrup of a woman's saddle.

The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom. How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses. Bryant.

The stone at the foot of a grave; -- opposed to headstone.

A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.

A passage for pedestrians only.

Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.

Having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, etc. [Eng.]

To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskillfully; as, to foozle a stroke in golf.