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The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.

Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress. Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish. Foote.

The frog of a horse's foot.

To foist; to interpolate. That last "suppose" is fudged in. Foote .

A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.

A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.

A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward Shak.

e land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.]

of entrance or of exit. Knowest thou the way to Dover Both stile and gate, horse way and footpath. Shak. Opening a gate for a long war. Knolles.

ountries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot.

ing in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order.

oting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. Prior. Upon the giddy footing of the hatches. Shak.

the-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.

our-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman.

A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World.

Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery. [Prov. Eng.] Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones. R. D. Blackmore.

One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot.

To retrace (one's path or footsteps). (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U. S.] -- To go below (Naut), to go below deck. -- To go between, to interpose or mediate between; to be a secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander. -- To go beyond. See under Beyond. -- To go by, to pass away un…

A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts. Goal keeper, the player charged with the defense of the goal.

A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle. We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned. Denham.