FOOT  , the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

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
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

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 (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

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
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill or See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain, the See also:

• PLATE

plate of a sewing-See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

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
• RAM, PIERRE FRANCOIS XAVIER DE (18o4-1865)

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
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

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
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's foot (see WEIGHTS AND See also:

• MEASURES

MEASURES) .