footing

• a relation that provides the foundation for something
• a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
• status with respect to the relations between people or groups
• Ground for the foot
• Standing
• Relative condition
• Tread
• The act of adding up a column of figures
• The act of putting a foot to anything
• A narrow cotton lace, without figures
• The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil
• The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot

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