Webster's Dictionary 1828

1648

FOOTMANTLE

FOOT'MANTLE, noun A garment to keep the gown clean in riding.

1649

FOOTPACE

FOOT'PACE, noun A slow step, as in walking; a broad stair.

1650

FOOTPAD

FOOT'PAD, noun A highwayman or robber on foot.

1651

FOOTPATH

FOOT'P'ATH, noun A narrow path or way for foot passengers only.

1652

FOOTPLOW

FOOT'PLOW, noun A kind of swing-plow.

1653

FOOTPOST

FOOT'POST, noun A post or messenger that travels on foot.

1654

FOOTROPE

FOOT'ROPE, noun The lower boltrope, to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed. Also, a horse or rope to support men when reefing, etc.

1655

FOOTROT

FOOT'ROT, noun An ulcer in the feet of sheep.

1656

FOOTSOLDIER

FOOT'SOLDIER, noun A soldier that serves on foot.

1657

FOOTSTALK

FOOTSTALK, noun [foot and stalk.] In botany, a petiole; a partial stem supporting the leaf, or connecting it with the stem or branch. Sometimes, but rarely, the same footstalk s...

1658

FOOTSTALL

FOOT'STALL, noun A woman's stirrup.

1659

FOOTSTEP

FOOT'STEP, noun1. A track; the mark or impression of the foot.2. Token; mark; visible sign of a course pursued; as the footsteps of divine wisdom.1. Footsteps, plural, example; ...

1660

FOOTSTOOL

FOOT'STOOL, noun A stool for the feet; that which supports the feet of one when sitting.To make enemies a footstool is to reduce them to entire subjection. Psalms 110:1.

1661

FOOTWALING

FOOT'WALING, noun The whole inside planks or lining of a ship.

1662

FOP

FOP, noun [The Latin voppa, a senseless fellow, is evidently from the same root, with the sense of emptiness or lightness.]A vain man of weak understanding and much ostentation;...

1663

FOPDOODLE

FOP'DOODLE, noun An insignificant fellow. [Vulgar and not used.]

1664

FOPLING

FOP'LING,n. A petty fop.

1665

FOPPERY

FOP'PERY, noun1. Affectation of show or importance; showy folly; as the foppery of dress or of manners.2. Folly; impertinence.Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter my sober...

1666

FOPPISH

FOP'PISH, adjective1. Vain of dress; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; dressing in the extreme of fashion.2. Vain; trifling; affected in manners.

1667

FOPPISHLY

FOP'PISHLY, adverb With vain ostentation of dress; in a trifling or affected manner.

1668

FOPPISHNESS

FOP'PISHNESS, noun Vanity and extravagance in dress; showy vanity.

1669

FOR

FOR, preposition [Latin per.; The English, for; to forbid. for corresponds in sense with the Latin pro, as fore does with proe, but pro and proe are probably contracted from pro...

1670

FORAGE

FOR'AGE, noun [Latin voro.]1. Food of any kind for horses and cattle, as grass; pasture, hay, corn and oats.2. The act of providing forageCol. Mawhood completed his forage unmol...

1671

FORAGER

FOR'AGER, noun One that goes in search of food for horses or cattle.

1672

FORAGING

FOR'AGING, participle present tense or adjective Collecting provisions for horses and cattle, or wandering in search of food; ravaging; stripping. The general sent out a foragin...

1673

FORAMINOUS

FORAM'INOUS, adjective [Latin foramen, a hole, from foro, to bore.]Full of holes; perforated in many places; porous. [Little used.]FOR, as a prefix to verbs, has usually the for...

1674

FORBAD

FORBAD', preterit tense of forbid.