"Afoot" is a word in ENGLISH

The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his …

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: …

Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also …

The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. …

Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.

In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in …

Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.

Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.

Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular …

Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.

Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, …

Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.

Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.

Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.

Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.

Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; …

Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.

The Indian fig. See Banyan.