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A verse of five feet.

A measure or series consisting of five feet.

Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.

The motion of a horse when, raising his fore quarters, he keeps his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing.

The toes or feet of a pig, -- often used as food; sometimes, in contempt, the human feet. Shak.

ngist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.

An animal of the seal tribe, moving by short feet that serve as paddles.

int; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.

A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.

lly of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.

An animal having broad feet, or a broad foot.

A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet.

Having feet covered with feathers. -- n.

Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- said of land

combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.

r Thalarctos, maritimus) inhabiting the arctic regions. It sometimes measures nearly nine feet in length and weighs 1,600 pounds. It is partially amphibious, very powerful, and the most carnivorous of all the bears. The fur is white, tinged with yellow. Called also White bear. See Bear. -- Polar body, cell, or globule…

politic goes; is it dark he borrows a lantern; Slowly the statesman and sure, guiding his feet by the stars. Lowell.

Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet. B. Jonson.

An animal having many feet; a myriapod.

Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like the polypus; affected with polypus.