Part 4461

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Footband</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"band`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A band of foot soldiers.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Footbath</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"bath`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet.</def>

<h1>Footboard</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"board`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The foot-rest of a coachman's box.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A board forming the foot of a bedstead.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A treadle.</def>

<h1>Footboy</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"boy`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Footbreadth</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"breadth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The breadth of a foot; -- used as a measure.</def>

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<blockquote>Not so much as a <b>footbreadth</b>. <i>Deut. ii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Footbridge</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"bridge`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.</def>

<h1>Footcloth</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"cloth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Footed</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot.</def> "<i>Footed</i> like a goat."

<i>Grew.</i>

<note>&hand; <i>Footed</i> is often used in composition in the sense of <i>having</i> (<i>such</i> or <i>so many</i>) <i>feet</i>; as, four<i>footed</i> beasts.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having a foothold; established.</def>

<blockquote>Our king . . . is <b>footed</b> in this land already. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Footfall</h1> <Xpage=580>