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FOOT , the See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

PART

part of the See also:

leg, in vertebrate animals consisting of See also:

TARSUS (mod. Tersous)

tarsus, metatarsus and phalanges, on which the See also:

BODY

body rests when in an upright position, See also:

STANDING

standing or moving (see See also:

ANATOMY: Superficial and See also:

ARTISTIC

Artistic; and See also:

SKELETON

SKELETON: Appendicular). The word is also applied to such parts of invertebrate animals as serve as a foot, either for See also:

MOVEMENT

movement or See also:

ATTACHMENT

attachment to a See also:

SURFACE

surface. " Foot " is a word See also:

COMMON

common in various forms to Indo-See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

LANGUAGES

languages, Dutch, voet, Ger. Fuss, See also:

DAN

Dan. fod, &c. The See also:

ARYAN

Aryan See also:

root is pod-, which appears in Sans. pud, Gr. Brous, ao36s, and See also:

LAT

Lat. pes, pedis. From the resemblance to the foot, in regard to its position, as the See also:

BASE

base of anything, or as the lowest member of the body, or in regard to its See also:

FUNCTION

function of movement, the word is applied to the lowest part of a See also:

hill or See also:

mountain, the See also:

PLATE

plate of a sewing-See also:

machine which holds the material in position, to the part of an See also:

ORGAN

organ See also:

PIPE

pipe below the mouth, and the like. In See also:

PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing the bottom of a type is divided by a groove into two portions known as " feet." Probably referring to the beating of the See also:

RHYTHM (Greek pvBµds, from bap, to flow)

rhythm with the foot in dancing, the Gr. See also:

ram and Lat. pes were applied in See also:

PROSODY (Gr. rpovwSta)

prosody to a grouping of syllables, one of which is stressed, forming the See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of a See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse. " Foot," i.e. foot-soldier, was formerly, with an ordinal number prefixed, the name of the See also:

INFANTRY

infantry regiments of the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

army. It is now superseded by territorial designations, but it still is used in the four regiments of the infantry of the See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

Household, the Foot See also:

GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards. As a lineal measure of length the " foot " is of See also:

GREAT

great antiquity, estimated originally by the length of a See also:

man's foot (see WEIGHTS AND See also:

MEASURES

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