Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
Berkeley.
6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular.
[R.]
As to his being on the foot of a servant.
Walpole.
7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a
yard. See Yard.
This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot.
It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and
in England it is 304.8 millimeters.
8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually
designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. "Both horse
and foot." Milton.
9. (Pros.) 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.