Bear's-foot (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. |
Bird's-foot (n.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. |
Burgess-ship (n.) The state of privilege of a burgess. |
Cat's-foot (n.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip |
Crow's-foot (n.) The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. |
Crow's-foot (n.) A caltrop. |
Crow's-foot (n.) Same as Bird's-mouth. |
Dove's-foot (n.) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England |
Dove's-foot (n.) The columbine. |
Duck's-foot (n.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). |
Flat foot () A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground |
Fleet-foot (a.) Swift of foot. |
Foot (n.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal |
Foot (n.) 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. |
Foot (n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal |
Foot (n.) The lowest part or base |
Foot (n.) Fundamental principle |
Foot (n.) Recognized condition |
Foot (n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches |
Foot (n.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot |
Foot (n.) 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. |
Foot (n.) The lower edge of a sail. |
Foot (v. i.) To tread to measure or music |
Foot (v. i.) To walk |
Foot (v. t.) To kick with the foot |
Foot (v. t.) To set on foot |
Foot (v. t.) To tread |
Foot (v. t.) To sum up, as the numbers in a column |
Foot (v. t.) The size or strike with the talon. |
Foot (v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking. |
Foot Guards (pl.) Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. |
Foot pound () A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot. |
Foot poundal () A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal. |
Foot-sore (a.) Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking |
Fore (v. i.) Journey |
Fore (adv.) In the part that precedes or goes first |
Fore (adv.) Formerly |
Fore (adv.) In or towards the bows of a ship. |
Fore (adv.) Advanced, as compared with something else |
Fore (n.) The front |
Fore (prep.) Before |
Fore-night (n.) The evening between twilight and bedtime. |
Fore part (n.) Alt. of Forepart |
Fore teeth (pl. ) of Fore tooth |
Fore tooth () One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth |
Fore-topgallant (a.) Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast |
Fore-topmast (n.) The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship. |
Fore-topsail (n.) See Sail. |
Gauger-ship (n.) The office of a gauger. |
Hare's-foot fern () A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock |
foot | travel by walking, he followed on foot, the swiftest of foot |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
shipbuilding ship building | the construction of ships |
forewing fore-wing fore wing | either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings |
animal foot foot | the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings |
fossorial foot | foot adapted for digging as in moles |
cloven foot cloven hoof | a hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine) |
bird's foot | the foot of a bird |
zygodactyl foot | a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward |
heterodactyl foot | a bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward |
webbed foot | a bird's foot with folds of skin between the toes |
lobate foot | a bird's foot having separate toes each with membranous flaps along the sides |
horse's foot | the hoof of a horse |
leaf-footed bug leaf-foot bug | large sap-sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs |
foot invertebrate foot | any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates |
tube foot | tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration |
abandoned ship derelict | a ship abandoned on the high seas |
bottom freighter merchantman merchant ship | a cargo ship, they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms |
bow fore prow stem | front part of a vessel or aircraft, he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line |
capital ship | a warship of the first rank in size and armament |
cargo ship cargo vessel | a ship designed to carry cargo |
clipper clipper ship | a fast sailing ship used in former times |
container ship containership container vessel | a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes, the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceedpounds |
cruise ship cruise liner | a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises |
factory ship | a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea |
fire ship | a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships |
foot | a support resembling a pedal extremity, one foot of the chair was on the carpet |
foot brake | hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal |
foot rule | a ruler one foot long |
fore-and-after | sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig |
fore-and-aft rig | rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft |
fore-and-aft sail | any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction |
fore edge foredge | the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved, the part opposite the spine |
fore plane | a carpenter's plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane |
fore-topmast | the topmast next above the foremast |
fore-topsail | the topsail on a foremast |
foundation base fundament foot groundwork substructure understructure | lowest support of a structure, it was built on a base of solid rock, he stood at the foot of the tower |
gaff topsail fore-and-aft topsail | a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast |
galley ship's galley caboose cookhouse | the area for food preparation on a ship |
gas-turbine ship | a ship powered by a gas turbine |
guard ship | a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron |
hospital ship | a ship built to serve as a hospital, used for wounded in wartime |
Liberty ship | a slow cargo ship built during World War II |
man-of-war ship of the line | a warship intended for combat |
nuclear-powered ship | ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor |
oil tanker oiler tanker tank ship | a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk |
passenger ship | a ship built to carry passengers |
patrol boat patrol ship | a vessel assigned to patrol an area |
pedal treadle foot pedal foot lever | a lever that is operated with the foot |
picket ship | a ship serving as a picket |