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mate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land.

of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.

g out in making a channel or cavity. The delivery of the excavations at a distance of 250 feet. E. L. Corthell.

To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.

ment or suffering. "Guided by other's experiences." Shak. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. P. Henry To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed. Coleridge. When the consuls . . . came in . . . they knew soon b…

s, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees. I fell at his feet to worship him. Rev. xix. 10.

(Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.

ly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings.

Feet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle. [They] bound him with fetters of brass. Judg. xvi. 21.

Seeming as if fettered, as the feet pf certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.

Having palmate feet.

To make fine; to dress finically. [Obs.] Hath so pared and finified them [his feet.] B. Jonson.

A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia.

Any bird of the genus Phoenicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.

ng then most flattered. Shak. A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net for his feet. Prov. xxix. 5. Others he flattered by asking their advice. Prescott.

ormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.

A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. [Obs.] Mortimer.

foot of a class; the foot of the bed. And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. Milton.