footnote

[ UK /fˈʊtnə‍ʊt/ ]
[ US /ˈfʊtˌnoʊt/ ]
VERB
  1. add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
    The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel
NOUN
  1. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
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  • [Footnote 1: The King, Walagambahu, who in his exile had been living amongst the rocks in the wilderness, ascended the throne after defeating the Malabars (B.C. 104), and "caused _the of stone or caves of the rocks_ in which he had taken refuge to be made more commodious. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)
  • Ingundis; and Leovigild, whose two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, were the issue of a former marriage.] [Footnote 128: Iracundiae furore succensa, adprehensam per comam capitis puellam in terram conlidit, et diu calcibus verberatam, ac sanguins cruentatam, jussit exspoliari, et piscinae immergi. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
  • The rebeck, to whose loud and harsh strains the medieval rustic had danced, [Footnote: The rebeck probably had been borrowed from the Mohammedans.] by the addition of a fourth string and A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
  • Footnotes are given at the bottom of each page.
  • There's kames o 'hinny 'tween my luve's lips."] [Footnote 244: _Wawae-noho_. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula
  • The ‘amentum’ was the thong, or strap of leather, with which the lance, or javelin, was fastened, in order to draw it back when thrown.] [Footnote 36: _Not used to bear. The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations
  • The Choctaw [Footnote: Romans, p. 70, Bossu, Vol. I, p. 308.] boys made use of a cane stalk, eight or nine feet in length, from which the obstructions at the joints had been removed, much as boys use what is called a putty blower. Indian Games : an historical research
  • 'Coffin's Island,' which is usually of the highest grade.] [Footnote D: The palmetto is a straight, tall tree, with a tuft of branches and palm leaves at its top. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
  • Most of the 74 opinions are also lengthy and convoluted, larded with unnecessary detail and footnotes, and containing inappropriate swipes at the work of the other justices.
  • [Illustration: Lamp and sadiron] [Illustration: Postrider (Footnote: From an old print, 1760)] \% 92. A School History of the United States
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