Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English form of pulse.

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  • noun A measure of length found in Iron Age Europe and the Ancient Near East, considered the Greek "foot". Its exact value was variable, but was always one six-hundredth of a stadion.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek πούς ("foot"), from Proto-Indo-European *pod-/*ped-.

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  • Greek Foot.

    July 11, 2008

  • Plural is podes.

    February 1, 2016