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noun Furniture.

a ball-like turned foot, used especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
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One of the kids had a ball in his hand, and Cuomo took it and tossed it back and forth to an eight year old.
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In the classic skillset of piloting, mental acuity, and its coordination with hand and foot movements, is equally vital.
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Instead of going for the hole, I hit the ball directly into the water.
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There is only sand, a white ball, and a flag indicating the hole.
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The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
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I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!
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We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
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We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.
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But there is a pinnacle of human success and of human opinion, on which human foot was never yet permitted to rest.
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