† ˈfoot-meal, adv. Obs.
[OE. fótmǽlum: see -meal.]
Step by step. (In quot. preceded by by.)
| c 1050 Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 412 Gradatim, fægre, oððe fotmælum. 1579 Fenton Guicciard. xv. (1599) 728 The Spaniards not ceassing..to win aduantage by footmeale. |