FOOTMAN

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FOOTMAN , a name given among articles of furniture to a metal stand, usually of polished steel or

brass

BRASS
BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

, and either oblong or

oval

OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

in shape, for keeping plates and dishes hot before a dining-

room

ROOM

fire

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-
Teutonic
- TEUTONIC
- TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

. In the days before the

general

use of hot-

water

WATER

dishes the footman possessed definite utility, but although it is still in occasional use, it is now chiefly regarded as an

ornament

ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

. It was especially common in the hardware counties of

England

ENGLAND
ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

, where it is still frequently seen; the simple conventionality of its form is not inelegant.

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