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Word Meanings - FOOTING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot. Footing course , one of the courses of masonry at the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above. -- To pay one's footing, to pay a fee on first doing anything, as

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The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot. Footing course , one of the courses of masonry at the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above. -- To pay one's footing, to pay a fee on first doing anything, as working at a trade or in a shop. Wright. -- Footing beam, the tie beam of a roof. (more info) 1. Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. In ascent, every stfooting and help to the next. Holder. 2. Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold. As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. Macaulay. 3. Relative condition; state. Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay. 4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread. Hark, I hear the footing of a man. Shak. 5. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column. 6. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking. 7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures. 8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.

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  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • GROUNDEN
    p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
  • FOUNDATION
    The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution,
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • FOOTMARK
    A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.
  • OFFICEHOLDER
    An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • PLACE-KICK
    To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
  • CONDITIONALITY
    The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
  • FOOTPLATE
    See
  • FOOTBRIDGE
    A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.
  • FOOTHOLD
    A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange.
  • STANDARD
    The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend,
  • GROUNDNUT
    The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
  • STANDPOINT
    A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
  • FOUNDATIONER
    One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
  • ORIGINABLE
    Capable of being originated.
  • STANDPIPE
    A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level
  • CONDITIONAL
    Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . .
  • FOOTFIGHT
    A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney.
  • GOOSEFOOT
    A genus of herbs mostly annual weeds; pigweed.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • RECONTINUANCE
    The act or state of recontinuing.
  • POST OFFICE
    See POST
  • SURFOOT
    Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed. Nares.
  • SALTFOOT
    A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
  • BYSTANDER
    One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
    Wildcat insurance.
  • ABORIGINALLY
    Primarily.
  • PLAYGROUND
    A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
  • STILLBIRTH
    The birth of a dead fetus.
  • FOURFOOTED
    Having four feet; quadruped; as, fourfooted beasts.
  • CHILDBIRTH
    The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor.
  • OBDURATION
    A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.
  • AGAINSTAND
    To withstand.

 

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