Part 4463

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Relative condition; state.</def>

<blockquote>Lived on a <b>footing</b> of equality with nobles. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Tread; step; especially, measured tread.</def>

<blockquote>Hark, I hear the <b>footing</b> of a man. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; <as>as, the <ex>footing</ex> of a stocking</as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A narrow cotton lace, without figures.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.</def>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Arch. & Enging.)</fld> <def>The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot.</def>

<cs><col>Footing course</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>one of the courses of masonry at the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above.</cd> -- <col>To pay one's footing</col>, <cd>to pay a fee on first doing anything, as working at a trade or in a shop.</cd> <i>Wright.</i> -- <col>Footing beam</col>, <cd>the tie beam of a roof.</cd></cs>

<h1>Footless</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no feet.</def>

<h1>Footlicker</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"lick`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. <er>Bootlick</er>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Footlight</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"light`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith.</def>

<cs><col>Before the footlights</col>, <cd>upon the stage; -- hence, in the capacity of an actor.</cd></cs>

<h1>Footman</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Footmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner.</def>

<i>Prior.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A moth of the family <spn>Lithosid\'91</spn>; -- so called from its livery-like colors.</def>

<h1>Footmanship</h1> <Xpage=580>

<hw>Foot"man*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Art or skill of a footman.</def>