Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
foot . - noun An obsolete form of
feat .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Fact; performance.
- noun plural See
foot .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
foot . - noun obsolete
fact ;performance ;feat
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Examples
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_The Alexander column, standing before the Winter Palace at St. Petersburg, is a monolith eighty feet high; with the pedestal measuring one hundred and fifty feet_.
Russian Lyrics Martha Dickinson Bianchi 1904
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The calculation from the Valdez base should, however, be taken into consideration in making this barometric determination, and the mean of the two results, twenty thousand six hundred and ninety-six feet, or, roundly, _twenty thousand seven hundred feet_, is offered as the contribution of this expedition toward determining the true altitude of the mountain.
The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America Hudson Stuck 1891
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If Mr. Lincoln was six feet four inches high usually, _at Bloomington he was seven feet_, and inspired at that.
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This tree is now eighty feet high, and throws an area 300 feet*
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_What is the best remedy for tender feet, for sweaty feet, and for smelling feet_?
Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Pye Henry Chavasse 1844
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Wrapped around the tight seating bowl is 660 feet of 3 ½-feet tall video ribbon board.
latimes.com - News 2011
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In a rail-road at a place called Mauch Chunk in Pennsylvania, the sleepers were placed four feet apart; but at the Quincy rail-road in Massachusetts, the interval between the sleepers is eight feet**.
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TechNet Blogs ScriptingGuy 2010
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TechNet Blogs ScriptingGuy 2010
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TechNet Blogs 2010
oroboros commented on the word feet
I like to dance and tap my feet
But they won't keep in rhythm--
You see I washed them both today
And I can't do nothin' with 'em.
Ho hum, the tune is dumb
The words don't mean a thing--
Isn't this a silly song
For any one to sing?
--A "song"(?) quoted on p.27 in Nevil Shute's Landfall with no credits offered. (Ballentine Books 1972)
See Dad dancing!
October 5, 2007
mollusque commented on the word feet
Here's a difference between dancing and writing: in writing it's okay to look at your feet.
--Roy Blount Jr., 2008, Alphabet Juice, p. 191
January 3, 2009
brobbins commented on the word feet
followers, for the sake of, throne, angels
July 22, 2009