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  • 91Step grate — Step Step, n. [AS. st[ae]pe. See {Step}, v. i.] 1. An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace. [1913 Webster] 2. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.… …

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  • 92To take steps — Step Step, n. [AS. st[ae]pe. See {Step}, v. i.] 1. An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace. [1913 Webster] 2. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.… …

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  • 93Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement — Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement, such as the Omer, used primarily by ancient Israelites, appear frequently within the Hebrew Bible as well as in later Judaic scripture, such as the Mishnah and Talmud. These units of measurement are… …

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  • 94step — n 1. footstep, stride, pace, military pace. 2. footfall, tread, tramp, pad; clip clop, clippety clop, hoofbeat. 3. footprint, footmark, print, track; trail, spoor, vestige, imprint. 4. gait, walk, bearing, carriage; shuffle, hobble; mincing step; …

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  • 95motion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Movement Nouns 1. motion, movement, move, mobility, movableness; approach; mobilization; restlessness, unrest; kinematics, kinetics; sprite. 2. (motion forward) progress, locomotion; journey, voyage,… …

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  • 96gait — n 1. walk, step, stride, tread; manner of going, bearing, carriage; stalk, saunter, run. 2.(all of horses) rack, single foot, amble, pace, trot, job, gallop …

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  • 97perambulate — v 1. traverse, trek, travel, travel over or through or around, peregrinate; roam, rove, range, tour; walk, foot, tread, pace; make rounds, walk a beat, patrol, Sl. case. 2. stroll, ambulate, go for a walk, take a walk, stretch one s legs;… …

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  • 98To put someone through one's paces — pace pace (p[=a]s), n. [OE. pas, F. pas, from L. passus a step, pace, orig., a stretching out of the feet in walking; cf. pandere, passum, to spread, stretch; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf. {Pas}, {Pass}.] 1. A single movement from one foot to the… …

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  • 99football — /foot bawl /, n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent s goal line and by place… …

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  • 100Feet — Foot Foot (f[oo^]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy s, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step, pace… …

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