footing (2 only S.)
1.
step, tread Mer.V. V. i. 24, Troil. I. iii. 156,
Ven. 722; “set ” (i) set foot,
enter 2H6 III. ii. 87, H8 III. i. 182; (ii)
gain a footing or firm position R2 II. ii. 48, 1H6 III. iii. 64, Troil. II. ii. 155.
2.
landing Oth. II. i. 76.
3.
dancing
Tp. IV. i. 138
“country
footing.”
4.
footprint
Ven. 148
“and yet no footing
seen.”
5.
surface for the foot,
ground to walk on, foothold
Wint. III. iii. 114
“there your charity
would have lacked ,”
John V. i. 66, 1H4 I. iii. 193,
R3 I. iv. 17
“Upon the giddy of the
hatches,”
Troil. III. ii.
75.
