Definition of Footeng
Foot"ing, n. 1.
Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm
foundation to stand on.
In ascent, every step gained is a footing and
help to the next. Holder.
2. Standing; position; established place;
basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
As soon as he had obtained a footing at court,
the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite.
Macaulay.
3. Relative condition; state.
Lived on a footing of equality with
nobles. Macaulay.
4. Tread; step; especially, measured
tread.
Hark, I hear the footing of a man.
Shak.
5. The act of adding up a column of figures;
the amount or sum total of such a column.
6. The act of putting a foot to anything;
also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a
stocking.
7. A narrow cotton lace, without
figures.
8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber,
not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.
9. (Arch. & Enging.) The thickened or
sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot.
Footing course (Arch.), one of the
courses of masonry at the foot of a wall, broader than the courses
above. -- To pay one's footing, to pay a
fee on first doing anything, as working at a trade or in a shop.
Wright. -- Footing beam, the tie beam of
a roof.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
In ascent, every step gained is a footing and help to the next. Holder.
- A standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.
As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. Macaulay.
- A relative condition; state.
Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay.
- A tread; step; especially, measured tread.
Hark, I hear the footing of a man. ShakespeareCategory:Shakespeare Quotes
- The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.
- The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.
- A narrow cotton lace, without figures.
- The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.
- (Architectural & Engineering) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot; foundation.
French
- (dated) jogging (as a form of exercise)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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