Dictionary entry

Foot (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Foot, v. t. 1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. Shak.

2. To set on foot; to establish; to land.

What confederacy have you with the traitors

Late footed in the kingdom? Shak.

3. To tread; as, to foot the green. Tickell.

4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; — sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.

5. To seize or strike with the talon. Shak.

6. To renew the foot of, as of a stocking. Shak.

To foot a bill, to pay it. — To foot it, to walk; also, to dance.

If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest. Dryden.