Webster's English Dictionary

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footing

foot.ing \'fu.t-in\ n 1: a stable position or placing of the feet  2: a 
   surface or its condition with respect to one walking or running on it;  
   specif : the condition of a racetrack 3: the act of moving on foot : STEP, 
   TREAD  4a: a place or space for standing : FOOTHOLD  4b: established 
   position : STATUS  5: BASIS  6: an enlargement at the lower end of a 
   foundation wall, pier, or column to  distribute the load 7: the sum of a 
   column of figures