Hypertext Webster Gateway: "footstep"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Footstep \Foot"step`\, n.
1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence,
visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the
footsteps of divine wisdom.
How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth
presses. --Bryant.
2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
footstep
n 1: the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps
on the porch" [syn: {footfall}, {step}]
2: the act of taking a step in walking
3: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces
from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: {pace}, {step},
{stride}]
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