Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Refuse or sediment, as at the bottom of a sugar- or oil-cask, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foot.
  • noun The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead.

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  • Members of a surveillance team who ride as passengers in pursuit cars and follow suspects on foot when they leave their cars.

    August 26, 2009

  • Is this British?

    August 27, 2009

  • Are those British, surely?

    August 27, 2009

  • 'Is this custom or term British?' shows how it's grammatical.

    Never heard of them though.

    August 27, 2009