'Foot secretion' definitions:

Definition of 'Foot secretion'

From: GCIDE
  • Foot \Foot\ (f[oo^]t), n.; pl. Feet (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. [root]77, 250. Cf. Antipodes, Cap-a-pie, Expedient, Fet to fetch, Fetlock, Fetter, Pawn a piece in chess, Pedal.]
  • 1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain, column, or page; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed;; the foot of the page. [1913 Webster]
  • And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. [1913 Webster]
  • Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. "Both horse and foot." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. (Pros.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds. [1913 Webster]
  • Foot artillery. (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow.
  • Foot bank (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet.
  • Foot barracks (Mil.), barracks for infantery.
  • Foot bellows, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight.
  • Foot company (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton.
  • Foot gear, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots.
  • Foot hammer (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle.
  • Foot iron. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter.
  • Foot jaw. (Zool.) See Maxilliped.
  • Foot key (Mus.), an organ pedal.
  • Foot level (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. --Farrow.
  • Foot mantle, a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obs.]
  • Foot page, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.]
  • Foot passenger, one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge.
  • Foot pavement, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir.
  • Foot poet, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden.
  • Foot post. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers.
  • Fot pound, & Foot poundal. (Mech.) See Foot pound and Foot poundal, in the Vocabulary.
  • Foot press (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle.
  • Foot race, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper.
  • Foot rail, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side.
  • Foot rot, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness.
  • Foot rule, a rule or measure twelve inches long.
  • Foot screw, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place.
  • Foot secretion. (Zool.) See Sclerobase.
  • Foot soldier, a soldier who serves on foot.
  • Foot stick (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.
  • Foot stove, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet.
  • Foot tubercle. (Zool.) See Parapodium.
  • Foot valve (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser.
  • Foot vise, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle.
  • Foot waling (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten.
  • Foot wall (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein. [1913 Webster]
  • By foot, or On foot, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot.
  • Cubic foot. See under Cubic.
  • Foot and mouth disease, a contagious disease (Eczema epizo["o]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs.
  • Foot of the fine (Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See Fine of land, under Fine, n.; also Chirograph. (b).
  • Square foot. See under Square.
  • To be on foot, to be in motion, action, or process of execution.
  • To keep the foot (Script.), to preserve decorum. "Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God." --Eccl. v. 1.
  • To put one's foot down, to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.]
  • To put the best foot foremost, to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.]
  • To set on foot, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription.
  • To put one on his feet, or set one on his feet, to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start.
  • Under foot. (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. --Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] "They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'foot secretion'

From: GCIDE
  • Sclerobase \Scler"o*base\ (? or ?), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + ba`sis base.] (Zool.) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also {foot secretion}. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Coenenchyma. -- {Scler`o*ba"sic}, a. [1913 Webster]