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/fˈʊtstˌɛp/ Listen

noun

Footstep n.

The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom. "How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses."

An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

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Etymology of 'Footstep'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Footstep" Quotes from Famous Books

... babe that slumbered on thy breast. —And, sister, mine the lips that called thee bride. —Mine were the silvered locks thy hand caressed, That faithful hand, my faltering footstep's guide! ...

— The Poet at the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... It was a quick footstep on the snow-crust—a fluttering sound near the window; and then the keen eyes of the woman saw a hand softly brushing away the frost traceries on the window, and a human face looking through. Zillah arose with an eager ...

— Mabel's Mistake • Ann S. Stephens

... in descending," the countess said; "but if you come with me you must take off your boots — the print of a man's footstep in the garden would ruin us all; and mind, not a word must be spoken when we ...

— Bonnie Prince Charlie - A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden • G. A. Henty

... the words, there fell a heavy footstep in the sanded passage below, and the sound of a man's ...

— The Keeper of the Door • Ethel M. Dell

... had just struck one, when an almost inaudible sound of a light footstep came from the second flight of stairs. The Marquis and his daughter, both believing that M. de Mauny's murderer was a prisoner above, thought that one of the maids had come down, and no one was at all surprised to hear the door open in the ante-chamber. Quite ...

— A Woman of Thirty • Honore de Balzac

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