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FOOT'ING, ppr. Dancing; treading; settling; adding a new foot.
FOOT'ING, n.
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. 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. Relative condition; state.
Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay. Tread; step; especially, measured
tread.
Hark, I hear the footing of a man. Shak. 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. 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. | ||||||||