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That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.

The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot.

Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. [Eng.]

work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.

A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal.

o the work done in raising one ton against the force of gravity through the height of one foot.

A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; esp., such a valve in a steam-engine condenser opening to the air pump.

Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.

The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals. Arbuthnot.

A band of foot soldiers. [Obs.]

A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet.

The foot-rest of a coachman's box.

A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. Shak.

The breadth of a foot; -- used as a measure. Longfellow. Not so much as a footbreadth. Deut. ii. 5.

A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.

Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse. Sir W. Scott.

Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot. "Footed like a goat." Grew.

A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep. Shak. Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. Poe

A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney.

A kind of stocking. [Obs.]