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foot⋅plate

  [foot-pleyt]
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–noun
1. Carpentry. a plate running beneath and supporting a row of studs; mudsill.
2. a platform or special floor area on which workers stand to operate a machine.
Origin:
1840–50; foot + plate 1
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mud⋅sill

  [muhd-sil]
–noun
the lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground.
Also called footplate.

Origin:
1675–85; mud + sill
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Word Origin & History

mudsill 
1685, "lowest sill of a house," from mud + sill (q.v.). The word entered U.S. political history in a speech by James M. Hammond of South Carolina, March 4, 1858, in U.S. Senate, alluding to the very mudsills of society, and the term subsequently was embraced by Northern workers in the pre-Civil War sectional rivalry.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: foot·plate
Pronunciation: -"plAt
Function: noun
: the flat oval base of the stapes
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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footplate foot·plate (f&oobreve;t'plāt')
n.

  1. See base of stapes.

  2. See pedicel.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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