Footing

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Relative condition; state.

II. Footing ·noun A narrow cotton lace, without figures.

III. Footing ·noun Tread; step; especially, measured tread.

IV. Footing ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Foot.

V. Footing ·noun The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.

VI. Footing ·noun The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot.

VII. Footing ·noun Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.

VIII. Footing ·noun The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.

IX. Footing ·noun Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold.

X. Footing ·noun The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.

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