† footsteppingn.
Obsolete.
A vestige or trace of something; = footstep n. 2.
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signa1382
stepa1382
ficchingc1384
marka1400
tracesc1400
scentc1422
footstep?a1425
tidinga1440
relicc1475
smell?a1505
stead1513
vestigy1545
print1548
token1555
remnant1560
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mention1564
signification1576
footing?1580
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wrack1602
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footstepping1610
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ray1773
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footmark1800
souvenir1844
latent1920
1610 A. Cooke Pope Ioane 58 You must bring better proofe then this, that you find no foot-stepping of it in the answers made vnto them.
1670 W. Marshall Answers upon Several Heads Philos. vii. 146 Of this mathematical homogeneity, fair foot-steppings are to be found every where in the deducing of those demonstrations which concern proportions and proportionals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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