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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Foot \Foot\, v. t.
1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. --Shak.
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2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [Obs.]
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What confederacy have you with the traitors
Late footed in the kingdom? --Shak.
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3. To tread; as, to foot the green. --Tickell.
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4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with
up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.
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5. To seize or strike with the talon. [Poet.] --Shak.
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6. To renew the foot of, as of a stocking. --Shak.
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{To foot a bill}, to pay it. [Colloq.] -- {To foot it}, to
walk; also, to dance.
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If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once,
who can foot it farthest. --Dryden.
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