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Footstep   /fˈʊtstˌɛp/   Listen
noun
Footstep  n.  
1.
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."
2.
An inclined plane under a hand printing press.






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"Footstep" Quotes from Famous Books



... sit up of nights listening for a footstep, will they flatten their faces at the window, though all without be black. Jean had not been back in the kitchen for two minutes before she raised the blind. Her eyes were close to the glass, when she saw another face almost meet hers, as you may touch your reflection ...
— The Little Minister • J.M. Barrie

... and into his own room. He lay down without disturbing his wife, but he did not fall asleep. After what seemed to him a long time he heard a stealthy footstep on the stair, and again smelled the aroma of a cigar which ...
— The Shoulders of Atlas - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

... that hometh Hinda be forever blest' Her love all levels; man can reck of naught beside; * Naught or before or after can for man have zest 'Tis though the vale is paved with musk and ambergris * That day when Hinda's footstep on its face is prest: Hail to the beauty of our camp, the pride of folk, * The dearling who en' Slaves all hearts by her behest: Allah on 'Time's Delight' send large dropped clouds that teem * With genial rain but bear no ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

... with the keenest relief that, half an hour later, Anthony heard her footstep again in the red-tiled hall outside. The servants were gone upstairs by now, and the house was quiet. She came in, and sat by him again and took ...
— By What Authority? • Robert Hugh Benson

... breeze, Who steals from his nest in the cypress trees, And a thousand dewy odours fling, As he shakes their white buds from his gossamer wing, And flutters away through the spicy air, At sound of a footstep drawing near. ...
— Poems • Frances Anne Butler


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