Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In organ-building, at a pitch three octaves above that of the keys used: said of stops or tones. See
stop , 6, and foot, 12 .
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Examples
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I mean, when was the last time you ever went to the beach and called the Coast Guard to save you because you were stuck in a one-foot sand dune?
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I mean, when was the last time you ever went to the beach and called the Coast Guard to save you because you were stuck in a one-foot sand dune?
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If you don't like to eat the "mess" of bass, I would stock 1 or 2 one-foot long (male) pike.
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I mean, when was the last time you ever went to the beach and called the Coast Guard to save you because you were stuck in a one-foot sand dune?
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So what was this thing that was delivered to my house, this translucent, exceedingly creepy feeling one-foot high object the art curators said was likely constructed in Central Europe during the early to mid 20th century, this artifact scientists judged to have once been part of human being?
Mark Jacobson: Looking At An Icon Of Evil Mark Jacobson 2010
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If you don't like to eat the "mess" of bass, I would stock 1 or 2 one-foot long (male) pike.
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Last October, an American Airlines Boeing 757 suffered a one-foot rupture and rapid decompression while cruising at 31,000 feet en route from Miami to Boston.
Boeing Miscalculated Risks Andy Pasztor 2011
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Boeing 737 jet that made an emergency landing in Charleston, W. Va., after developing a one-foot hole on top of its fuselage at 30,000 feet.
Jet Suffered Two-Foot Hole, Decompression Andy Pasztor 2010
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One of the floor installations in the Gary Snyder Gallery presents eight pink titanium panels, each one-foot wide and two-feet tall, positioned down the length of the gallery's main space like a kinked spine.
With a Little Help, an Artist Shows His Metal Kimberly Chou 2012
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So what was this thing that was delivered to my house, this translucent, exceedingly creepy feeling one-foot high object the art curators said was likely constructed in Central Europe during the early to mid 20th century, this artifact scientists judged to have once been part of human being?
Mark Jacobson: Looking At An Icon Of Evil Mark Jacobson 2010
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