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A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.

With head uncovered; bareheaded. When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. Herbert.

or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.

To lave; to wet. "The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain." T. Arnold.

A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.

Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. Prov. xii. 10.

To perform curvets too precipitately or too low. -- To beat the hoof, to walk; to go on foot. -- To beat the wing, to flutter; to move with fluttering agitation. -- To beat time, to measure or regulate time in music by the motion of the hand or foot. -- To beat up, to attack suddenly; to alarm or disturb; as, to b…

rongest planks in her sides, more generally called wales. They have the beams, knees, and foothooks bolted to them. Also, the frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides; as, the midship bend.

Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. "Beneath the mount." Ex. xxxii. 19. Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. Pope.

To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold. The creeping death benumbed her senses first. Dryden.

A two-footed animal, as man.

An interior acrow's-foot in the United States.

ew Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( J. B. Lightfoot.

Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.

An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone. [Obs.]

An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. Hakluyt.

The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby.

A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.

A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout. H. Walpole.

A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.]