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Footing course

Footing \Foot"ing\, n.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Relative condition; state.

    Lived on a footing of equality with nobles.
    --Macaulay.

  4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread.

    Hark, I hear the footing of a man.
    --Shak.

  5. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.

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

  7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.

  8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil.
    --Simmonds.

  9. (Arch. & Enging.) 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.