Fool"-large` (?), a. [OF. follarge. See Fool, and Large.] Foolishly
liberal. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fool"-lar*gesse` (?), n. [See Fool- large, Largess.] Foolish
expenditure; waste. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fools"cap` (?), n. [So called from the watermark of a fool's cap and
bells used by old paper makers. See Fool's cap, under Fool.] A writing
paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to
make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper.
Foot (ft), n.; pl. Feet (ft). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. ft,
pl. ft; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. ftr, Sw. fot, Dan.
fod, Goth. ftus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. pd, Icel. fet step, pace
measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. √77, 250. Cf.
Antipodes, Cap-a-pie, Expedient, Fet to fetch, Fetlock, Fetter, Pawn a
piece in chess, Pedal.] 1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man
or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an
animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.
2. (Zoˆl.) 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.
3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot
of a table; the foot of a stocking.
4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a
mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or
extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill;
the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.
And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet.
Milton.