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单词 footstool
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footstooln.

Brit. /ˈfʊtstuːl/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌstul/
Forms: see foot n. and stool n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., stool n.
Etymology: < foot n. + stool n.In sense 1b ultimately after Hebrew hăḏōm raglē, lit. ‘stool of the feet’, and hăḏōm lĕ-raglē, lit. ‘stool for the feet’; compare post-classical Latin scabellum pedum (Vulgate).
1.
a. A stool on which to rest the foot or feet.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > for feet
shamblec825
stoola1250
benchc1405
buffet1432
foot cushiona1475
footstool1530
cricket1559
grest1563
foot stock1567
hassock1582
cracket1635
crock1709
tuffet1805
mora1818
footrest1833
toe-board1892
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 222/2 Fote stole, marchepied.
1584 Inventory in W. Scott Kenilworth (1831) Note J A square stoole and a foote stoole, of crimson velvet, fringed and garnished suteable.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiv. 201 A footstool for the ease Of thy soft feet.
1652 H. Walker in Clarke Papers (2005) V. 65 The chair..was placed..upon a Turkey carpet with a cushion in it and a footstool before it.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 271 With many a footstool thund'ring at thy head.
1785 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 938/2 This convenience may be easily obtained for the workers of lace,..by having foot-stools on which they may rest their feet when sitting on high seats.
1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. ii. 13 There she sat with her feet on a footstool.
1911 Irish Monthly 39 90 Lord Burleigh's feet were cushioned upon a comfortable velvet footstool.
1956 Prairie Schooner 30 410 She was sitting in her rocker, her feet on a footstool.
2011 J. Miller Furniture 443 (caption) The footstool echoes the chair's rectangular frame.
b. figurative. A thing or person used as or likened to a footstool, esp. in being under the dominion or subjection of another.
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society > authority > subjection > [noun] > one subject to authority
underlingc1175
subjectc1330
underloutc1340
undermana1400
ledec1400
undererc1449
subjectary?c1500
footstool1531
suppost1547
ditionary1555
justiciable1595
governeda1599
subsistent1598
subordinate1603
subservient1643
sub1653
subjugate1773
under-sawyer1864
directee1928
the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person
clienta1393
snivelard1398
a dog for (also to) the bowc1405
fawnerc1440
snivellerc1450
slave1521
footstool1531
minion1560
footman1567
cringer1582
earthworm1583
yea-sayer1584
croucher1587
creeper1589
sneak-up1598
spaniel1598
sneak-cupa1616
servile1632
puppy dog1651
clientelary1655
lackey1692
groveling1708
prostite1721
prostitute1721
toad-eater1742
groveller1779
cringeling1798
creeping Jesusc1818
toady1826
truckler1827
crawler1847
flunkey1854
doormat1861
dog robber1863
heeler1875
slaveling1884
bootlicker1890
fetch-and-carry1905
poodle1907
yes-woman1927
ass-licker1939
ass-kisser1951
chamcha1966
fart-catcher1971
1531 G. Joye tr. Prophete Isaye lxv. sig. P.vi Thus saith ye lorde, heauen is my seate & ye erthe is my fote stole [Heb. hăḏōm raglāy].
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cix. [cx.] 1 Syt thou on my right hande, vntill I make thine enemies thy fotestole [Heb. hăḏōm lĕ-ragleḵā].
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. vii. 14 Thus haue we..made our footstoole of securitie.
1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. M3 And when hee sitteth vnder his estate, His foote-stoole danger, and his chayre is hate.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iv. xxvi. 363 The Popes have as well made Foot-balls of the Crowns of Emperours as Foot-stools of their Necks.
1744 J. Ralph in A. Sidney & J. Ralph Of Use & Abuse Parl. I. ii. 329 Could the Parasites of any Court whatever have lick'd the Dust of the Royal Foot-stool with more Servility?
1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. iv. 86 A nobler destiny than to become the footstool of a few families.
1959 Times 8 Jan. 8/1 It remained to be seen who these men would be who would agree to become Britain's footstool.
2011 F. Logan Remember what I told You 113 (heading) Don't be a footstool for no man.
c. figurative. Chiefly North American. The earth.Originally and frequently with allusion to Isaiah 66:1; cf. quot. 1531 at sense 1b.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > earth > [noun]
earthOE
ballc1300
Tellus1567
this earthly round1584
mass1587
underworld1609
footstool1652
terrestrial1745
terra firma1786
Planet Earth1858
terra1947
earthside1958
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια vii. 77 The creature of Gods Image, although walking here below, upon the foot-stool, is superiour to all those works of his singers.
1701 E. Settle Minerva Triumphans 10 His Great Footstool.., The Fabrick of his Lower World.
1766 N. Appleton Thanksgiving Serm. 19 Reason, religion and speech are the distinguishing glory of man above every creature upon the footstool.
a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1822) III. 245 We felt a total superiority to all the humble beings who were creeping on the footstool beneath us.
1859 Congress. Globe 18 Feb. 1122/1 I would give that power [of declaring war] to no President—none that has ever stood upon this footstool.
1891 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 12 Sept. 5/1 I found Mauchline to be the most God-forsaken place on the footstool.
1906 N.Y. Globe 20 Feb. 8 This New York of ours, regarded by many the wickedest city on the footstool.
1935 N. Amer. Rev. June 86 There is no such thing anywhere on this footstool as a two.
2010 T. Saint-Gourdine Soul of Jesus in Spirit-filled Believer 73 Tell me where the vilest sinner is to be found that dwells on God's footstool.
2. A low stool used for stepping on when moving from one level to another; something or someone used as a step in this manner. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > climbing or scaling > means of
stair13..
footstool1599
leg up1817
1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 13 Sapor kyng of Persia..vsed hym alwaies for his foote stoole whan he went to horsebacke.
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. A Foot-stoole to lift a woman to horse, vide Andilla.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xv. 418 He..by making a foot-stool of his friends head, climbs up the higher into the Princes favour.
1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane ii. ii. 697 I would have taught thy neck to know my Weight And mounted from that Footstool to my Saddle.
1739 H. Brooke Gustavus Vasa i. ii. 7 Base Fear, the Laziness of Lust, gross Appetites, These are the Ladders, and the groveling Footstool, From whence the Tyrant rises on our Wrongs.
1808 Beau Monde Dec. 257/2 If you know how to look sharp after the main chance, you may find your civic dignity a foot-stool to more solid advantages.
1873 Aldine 6 133/2 The wall was too high to be scaled, and I no longer had my horse to serve me for a footstool.
1931 Scotsman 14 May 8/4 M. Doumer's election continues the precedent whereby the chairmanship of the Senate is looked upon as the footstool to the Presidential chair.
1970 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 70 788/3 There was a footstool but invariably I had to climb out of bed without it and ‘borrow’ it from a neighbour to climb back in again.
2006 K. Moritsugu Restoration of Emily 227 I have to stand on a footstool..to be able to hold the ruler level.
3. Apparently: the pedals or footrest of an organ. Obsolete. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > pedalboard > pedal
footstool1611
pedal1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Suppied d'orgues, the footstoole, or pedalls to a paire of Organs.

Derivatives

ˈfootstooled adj. having or provided with a footstool or footstools; (also) used as a footstool.
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1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 163 Leading her toward a footstool'd throne.
1884 Presbyterian Rev. 5 147 The raging heathen whom the Lord has held in derision, the footstooled enemies of Israel's King.
1951 Kenyon Rev. 13 632 Her drawing room..was abundantly and even perilously tabled and footstooled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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