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A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.

A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.

Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height.

One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.

A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action.

See Corriestep.

The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

n 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.

A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing. [Colloq.]

The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.

. A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him.

A wrong step; an error of conduct.

To exceed in stepping.

To step over or beyond; to transgress. Shak.

A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing.

A kind of round dance in march or polka time; also, a piece of music for this dance. [U. S.]

To remove, as a mast, from its step.

e, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits. No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. Barrow. Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law. Blackstone.

The instep or front of the tarsus.

The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural. [He] made the like advances to the dissenters. Swift.