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Answer for the clue "Line of two feet ", 7 letters:
dimeter

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In poetry , a dimeter is a metrical line of verse with two feet . The particular foot , of course, can vary. Consider Thomas Hood's " Bridge of Sighs: ", in which the first line of a pair is of two feet, each composed of three syllables, and the subsequent ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context poetry English) A line in a poem having two metrical feet. 2 (context poetry English) A poetic metre in which each line has two feet.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dimeter \Dim"e*ter\, a. [L. dimeter, Gr. ?; di- = di`s- twice + ? measure.] Having two poetical measures or meters. -- n. A verse of two meters.

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Jacob Dimeter, included on the tally as a well-known dianetician, whose observations on the Woodslee scene would make the trip respectable on Actualities Newscasts.

Greek dimeter, but also containing the echo of troche, a circular pill or tablet taken as an anodyne, its shape derived from trokhos, the wheel.