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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.]

On foot. We 'll walk afoot a while. Shak.

pressure in distributing mains, equivalent to a current of one ampère flowing through one foot of conductor.

With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.

Having the feet bare.

A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.

Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. L. corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain.

Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian. -- n.

The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot; --used as a unit of illumination.

A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.

Having a cloven foot.

Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.

A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.