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1888 Utopian novel by Edward Bellamy
Looking Backward: 2000–1887 is a utopian time travel science fiction novel by the American journalist and writer Edward Bellamy first published in 1888
Looking_Backward
1890 novel by William Morris
a libertarian socialist response to Edward Bellamy's popular novel Looking Backward (1888), which exalted a type of industrialised state socialism that
News_from_Nowhere
goods] Michaelis, R.C., Looking Further Forward: An Answer to "Looking Backward" by Edward Bellamy (1890) Roberts, J.W., Looking Within: The Misleading
List of sequels to Looking Backward
List_of_sequels_to_Looking_Backward
Term for socially or educationally disadvantaged group of people in India
Other Backward Class (OBC) is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify communities that are "educationally or socially backward" (i
Other_Backward_Class
French musical project
was released in June. In January 2022, Prochet released the single "Looking Backward", and Emotional Eternal was released in April. In September 2022, Prochet
Melody's_Echo_Chamber
1897 novel by Edward Bellamy
Equality is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, and the sequel to Looking Backward: 2000–1887. It was first published in 1897. The book contains a minimal
Equality_(novel)
American Trotskyist communist party
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Revolutionary Communists of America
Revolutionary_Communists_of_America
American author (1850–1898)
journalist, and political activist most famous for his utopian novel Looking Backward. Bellamy's vision of a harmonious future world inspired the formation
Edward_Bellamy
American political commentator and activist (born 1996)
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Haz_Al-Din
American political organization
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Democratic Socialists of America
Democratic_Socialists_of_America
Political party in the United States
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
South_Carolina_Workers_Party
American community organizer and activist (born 1980/1981)
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Claudia_De_la_Cruz
American labor and political leader (1855–1926)
Labor Leader; I do not want you to follow me or anyone else; if you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of this capitalist wilderness, you will stay
Eugene_V._Debs
Russian-born anarchist (1869–1940)
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Emma_Goldman
American political commentator (born 1999)
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Jackson_Hinkle
Organized American network of socialist political groups (1888–1896)
make real the ideas advanced by Edward Bellamy in his utopian novel Looking Backward. At least 165 Nationalist Clubs were formed by so-called "Bellamyites
Nationalist_Clubs
Religious commune in Oneida, New York (1848–1881)
writing the following account of the incident: Charles sat speechless, looking before him; but as the accusations multiplied, his face grew paler, and
Oneida_Community
American actor (born 1976)
Oifman". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2013. "Looking Backward". Watertown Daily Times. September 20, 2009. Archived from the original
Jon_Bernthal
1883 English-language utopian novel by John MacNie
American nineteenth-century ideal society" after Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888). The novel begins with a scene in which the first-person narrator
The_Diothas
American political activist (born 1983)
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Michael_Prysner
American political activist and co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Ashik_Siddique
1906 novel by Upton Sinclair
assist, but it is too little too late; the infant is dead, and with one last look at Jurgis, Ona dies shortly afterward. The children return with a day's wages;
The_Jungle
American socialist magazine
socialism in the United States History Utopian socialism Icarians Looking Backward Progressive Era Christian socialism in Utah Catholic Worker Movement
Jacobin_(magazine)
Political party in the United States and Canada
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American Communist Party (2024)
American_Communist_Party_(2024)
American academic (1933–2026)
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Michael_Parenti
American Marxian economist (born 1942)
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Richard_D._Wolff
American political party
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Communist_Party_USA
Mayor of Seattle since 2026
Newspapers.com. Pfeffinger, Ramsey (July 21, 2025). "Who is Katie Wilson? A look at Seattle's mayoral candidate". FOX 13 Seattle. Archived from the original
Katie_Wilson
African-American activist (1948–1969)
Shadow Government: As Fred Hampton Jr. Is Released From 9 Years of Prison, a Look Back at the Assassination of Fred Hampton Archived April 28, 2005, at the
Fred_Hampton
British actor (born 1981)
wishes! Apparently I'm a Libra, so on this day of looking forward with excitement, I'm also looking backward... and celebrating NHS eyewear". Instagram. Rupert
Rupert_Friend
American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
time in Germany: "I found myself on the outside of the American world, looking in. With me were white folk – students, acquaintances, teachers – who viewed
W._E._B._Du_Bois
American journalist, poet, and activist (1887–1920)
socialism. Reed later recalled: All this made no ostensible difference in the look of Harvard society, and probably the club-men and the athletes, who represented
John_Reed_(journalist)
American politician and activist (born 1989)
Menendez". NBC News. March 18, 2021. "Ocasio-Cortez, the Pragmatic Progressive Looking to Boost Biden". Bloomberg L.P. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024
Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez
American socialist writer (1928–1989)
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Michael_Harrington
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
List of socialist members of the United States Congress
List_of_socialist_members_of_the_United_States_Congress
1949 article by Albert Einstein
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Why_Socialism?
American politician (1882–1947)
the bums out of town." In 1934 he went on a search-and-destroy mission looking for mob boss Frank Costello's slot machines, rounding up thousands of the
Fiorello_La_Guardia
Imaginary community with desirable qualities
classic example of such a utopia appears in Edward Bellamy's 1888 novel Looking Backward. William Morris depicts another socialist utopia in his 1890 novel
Utopia
American politician (born 1970)
The HistoryMakers. Bass, Carole (March 19, 2014). "What's in a name? Looking for answers at Calhoun College". Yale Alumni Magazine. "Vote Smart". Retrieved
Chris_Rabb
Mayor of New York City since January 2026
WABC-TV. Retrieved June 11, 2026. Being a city of international law means looking to uphold international law," Mamdani said. "And that means upholding the
Zohran_Mamdani
American socialist gun rights organization
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Socialist_Rifle_Association
Phenomenon of US political rhetoric after WWII
2009. Retrieved November 2, 2006. Rusher, William A. (Fall 2004). "A Closer Look Under The Bed". Claremont Review of Books. Claremont Institute. Archived
McCarthyism
reached the national level fictionally in Edward Bellamy's 1888 novel Looking Backward, a utopian depiction of a socialist United States in the year 2000
Socialism in the United States
Socialism_in_the_United_States
American far-left political group
"New Classes for a New Class Politics: An Appreciation of David Gilbert's Looking at the U.S. White Working Class Historically". Turning the Tide. 30 (2):
Redneck_Revolt
1939 novel by John Steinbeck
Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2009. 219–42. Saxton, Alexander. "In Dubious Battle: Looking Backward". Pacific Historical Review 2004 73(2): 249–262. ISSN 0030-8684 Fulltext:
The_Grapes_of_Wrath
American labor organizer (1869–1928)
socialism in the United States History Utopian socialism Icarians Looking Backward Progressive Era Christian socialism in Utah Catholic Worker Movement
Bill_Haywood
Communist party in the United States
(October 10, 2023). "Opinion | The Anti-Israel Left Needs to Take a Hard Look at Itself". The New York Times. "As you might have seen, there was some sort
Party for Socialism and Liberation
Party_for_Socialism_and_Liberation
American politician and physician (born 1950)
The Washington Post reported that the Senate Intelligence Committee was looking at Stein's presidential campaign for potential "collusion with the Russians
Jill_Stein
Political ideology
philosophy to which Edward Bellamy, author of the American utopian novel Looking Backward, adhered, and which Bellamy sometimes referenced as the Religion of
Solidarism
American non-fiction writer (born 1945)
at the Dawn of the New American Century (with Lisa Stoffer, 2013), Looking Backward: A Photographic Portrait of the World at the Beginning of the Twentieth
Michael_Lesy
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
as boys grow up, so the races of mankind will grow up and laugh when they look back upon their childish quarrels. In 1996, after the City of Whitehorse
Jack_London
American talk show host (1983–2020)
hierarchies that are... socially, politically produced, and then not wanting to look at the reason why things have come in to play". Brooks wrote that Peterson
Michael Brooks (political commentator)
Michael_Brooks_(political_commentator)
Political theory concerned with imagined socialist societies
upon scientific understanding. Edward Bellamy (1850–1898) published Looking Backward in 1888, a utopian romance novel about a future socialist society.
Utopian_socialism
1800s French-American utopian movement
State Historical Society: 214–286. ISSN 0740-8579. OCLC 20683368. Looking Backward List of American utopian communities Contemporary scholar Robert P
Icarians
Spacecraft designed for interstellar travel
Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini and Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward. Generation: Generation ships are ships in which the destination would
Starship
Marxist–Leninist political organization in the United States
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Freedom_Road_Socialist_Organization
American political commentator (born 1991)
socialist, he looked to the achievements of the Chinese Communist Party, which has run the country since 1949, to see what his values and ideals looked like when
Hasan_Piker
Film by Otto Preminger
Film Institute. Retrieved March 24, 2026. Hirsch 2007, pp. 94–96. "LOOKING BACKWARD AT THE 1943–44 SEASON: Being a Summary and Many Figures of the Year's
Laura_(1944_film)
DC Studios film by James Gunn
while writing the film that it was about looking forward while the Legacy subtitle was about looking backward. Principal photography began on February
Superman_(2025_film)
List of Communist Party USA members who have run for public office
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
List of Communist Party USA election results
List_of_Communist_Party_USA_election_results
characteristics are repressed, except for the Alpha males and females. Looking Backward (1888) by Edward Bellamy The God of Civilization: A Romance (1890)
List_of_utopian_literature
of the community were inspired by Edward Bellamy's utopian novel, Looking Backward (1886). Communal dining hall and laundry, housing, medical care, education
List of American utopian communities
List_of_American_utopian_communities
American politician and activist (born 1941)
China in October 2000. He said to the House, "Anyone who takes an objective look at our trade policy with China must conclude that it is an absolute failure
Bernie_Sanders
Historical political movement in Wisconsin, United States
Retrieved April 23, 2026. Blanc, Eric. "Socialists in City Hall? A New Look at Sewer Socialism in Wisconsin". www.laborpolitics.com. Retrieved April
Sewer_socialism
American hiker and former unidentified person
"Ben Bilemy" possibly being a reference to Edward Bellamy, author of Looking Backward.[citation needed] Rodriguez was identified in December 2020, over two
Death_of_Vance_Rodriguez
American socialist ideology regarding the Bill of Rights
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Bill_of_Rights_socialism
Communist party in the United States
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Socialist Alternative (United States)
Socialist_Alternative_(United_States)
American anarchist and author (1851–1916)
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Clarissa_Dixon
1917–1991 Russian organization
Breslauer, George W.; Gelman, Harry; Lowenhardt, John (eds.). "Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Lessons of the Brezhnev Era". Studies in Comparative
Soviet_bureaucracy
Investigation of outer space
Retrieved 2 December 2020. Gregory, Frederick; Garber, S. J. Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of U.S. Human Spaceflight, 2002, pp. 73–80
Space_exploration
American politician (1878–1962)
he was 14. After reading Edward Bellamy's futuristic, utopian novel Looking Backward, he became a socialist, and helped form the Bridgeport Socialist Party
Jasper_McLevy
1960s–70s Western political movement
New Reasoner lead essay, in which he described a generation which never looked upon the Soviet Union as a weak but heroic Workers' State; but rather as
New_Left
American filmmaker and author (born 1954)
publicly known for his award-winning debut documentary Roger & Me, a scathing look at the downfall of the automotive industry in 1980s Flint and Detroit. Moore
Michael_Moore
List of Communist Party USA members who have held public office
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List of Communist Party USA members who have held office in the United States
List_of_Communist_Party_USA_members_who_have_held_office_in_the_United_States
American individualist anarchist (1854–1939)
as "consistent Manchesterism" and "unterrified Jeffersonianism". Tucker looked upon anarchism as a part of the broader socialist movement. Tucker harshly
Benjamin_Tucker
American political party
Washington Post. Retrieved August 14, 2019. Marks, Jodean (1997). "A Historical Look at Green Structure: 1984 to 1992". Synthesis/Regeneration. 14. Archived from
Green Party of the United States
Green_Party_of_the_United_States
Long fictional narrative story
last days of a mankind extinguished by the plague. Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1887) and H. G. Wells's The Time Machine (1895) were concerned with
Novel
Socialist political party in the United States
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Peace_and_Freedom_Party
Short skirt that usually extends to mid-thigh
mixture of the Courreges look of the 1960's and the tutu. Duka, John (26 November 1979). "The Spring Collections: Looking Backward". New York: 72. Retrieved
Miniskirt
Genre of fiction including science fiction, horror and fantasy
Magazine in 1889 used the term in reference to Edward Bellamy's novel Looking Backward: 2000–1887 and other works; and an article in the May 1900 issue of
Speculative_fiction
Personification of victory in Greek mythology
slightly turned to the right in the direction of flight, with the head looking backward. A second probably related fragment depicts a lower body in a very
Nike_(mythology)
Marxist campus organization
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Platypus_Affiliated_Society
International labor union
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Industrial Workers of the World
Industrial_Workers_of_the_World
1997 fantasy novel by J. K. Rowling
Greek story-teller Homer. While some commentators thought the book looked backward to Victorian and Edwardian boarding school stories, others thought
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher's_Stone
American far-left political party
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
New Afrikan Black Panther Party
New_Afrikan_Black_Panther_Party
American communist activist (1910–2000)
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Gus_Hall
Political party in the United States
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
American_Workers_League
American philosopher, political activist, and theologian (born 1953)
led by professor of molecular biology Jacques Robert Fresco, said they looked with "strong disfavor upon his characterization" of Summers and that "such
Cornel_West
American student activist organization (1960–1974)
knowledge" and an "internal openness", as a "base" from which students would "look outwards to the less exotic but more lasting struggles for justice." "The
Students for a Democratic Society
Students_for_a_Democratic_Society
Science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson
" The novel's approach was compared with that of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward 2000–1887—a future history that bridges the gap between modern times
The_Ministry_for_the_Future
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)
join the thousands of Texans and Okies who were migrating to California looking for employment. He worked at the Los Angeles radio station KFVD, achieving
Woody_Guthrie
American civil rights activist (1912–1987)
on October 14, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2025. "Brother Outsider — A Closer Look at Bayard Rustin, by Walter Naegle". Rustin.org. Archived from the original
Bayard_Rustin
1985 book by David Pringle
End of Time by Michael Moorcock (1972) Crash by J. G. Ballard (1973) Looking Backward, from the Year 2000 by Mack Reynolds (1973) The Embedding by Ian Watson
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels
Science_Fiction:_The_100_Best_Novels
Political party
1970s progressed, other NCM and ML organizations considered RCP unusually "backward" on homosexuality. RCP ended its gay ban in 2001 and called for a ban on
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
Revolutionary_Communist_Party,_USA
Form of government ruled by experts
seeing it as "the means of our political salvation". In his novel Looking Backward, Edward Bellamy (1850–1898) reached a mass audience with his utopian
Technocracy
American Marxist economist (1910–2004)
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Paul_Sweezy
Response to the Armenian Genocide". In Hovannisian, Richard G. (ed.). Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Confronting the Armenian Genocide. Routledge. p. 180
List of horses in mythology and folklore
List_of_horses_in_mythology_and_folklore
U.S. democratic socialist organization (1973–1982)
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
Democratic_Socialist_Organizing_Committee
Communist party in the United States
Utopian socialism United Order Bishop Hill Commune Brook Farm Icarians Looking Backward New Harmony Oneida Community Progressive Era 1877 St. Louis general
Workers_World_Party
American writer (born 1989)
socialism in the United States History Utopian socialism Icarians Looking Backward Progressive Era Christian socialism in Utah Catholic Worker Movement
Bhaskar_Sunkara
LOOKING BACKWARD
LOOKING BACKWARD
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name Lyfing, Old English Lēofing, based on lēof ‘dear’.Swedish : apparently an ornamental name formed from the place-name element lov-, meaning unknown, + the suffix -ing (see Arning).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : ethnic name from Old French Lohereng ‘man from Lorraine’ (see Lorraine).
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Looking
Girl/Female
Hindu
Boy/Male
German French
Famous in battle.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English LÄ“ofecing, a patronymic from LÄ“ofeca (see Levick 2), or possibly, as Reaney suggests, a late derivative of Lovekin (see Lucken).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a diminutive of Middle English cok ‘cock’ (see Cocke).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a diminutive of Moore 2 or 3.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Good.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hoskin.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Tamil
One who Possesses the World
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Devon)
English (chiefly Devon) : from a Middle English pet form of the Old English personal name Hocca.Dutch : patronymic from Hock 4.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Brookins. This is the most frequent form of the surname in the British Isles.
Boy/Male
French, German
Renowned Warrior's Son; From Lorraine; Son of the Famous Warrior
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Goddess who Cares All
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wood was cut, Middle English wo(o)ding.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, originally an Old English patronymic from the personal names Cūl(a) or Cēola. The former may be from a Germanic root kūl ‘swollen’; the latter is a short form of various compound names with the first element cēol ‘ship’.English : habitational name from a place in Kent named Cooling, from the Old English tribal name Cūlingas ‘people of Cūl(a)’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : variant of Dolan 1.English : variant of Dowling.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Prakul | பà¯à®°à®¾à®•à¯à®²
Good looking
Prakul | பà¯à®°à®¾à®•à¯à®²
Boy/Male
German
Renowned Warrior's Son
LOOKING BACKWARD
LOOKING BACKWARD
Boy/Male
Arabic
Gift
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
With a Desire to Enjoy
Male
Egyptian
, a mystical title of the deity Amen Ra.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Own
Girl/Female
Teutonic
Serpentine.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Irish
Pledge; Variant of Carlene and Charlene; Oath
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Devout Believer
Boy/Male
Latin
Lame.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu, Traditional
Name of Lord Shiva; Three Worlds (Heaven Earth Hell)
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Another Name of Vishnu
LOOKING BACKWARD
LOOKING BACKWARD
LOOKING BACKWARD
LOOKING BACKWARD
LOOKING BACKWARD
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Look
n.
A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made.
v. t.
Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
n.
Fig.: Looking askance.
n.
The act of looking forward.
a.
Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.
n.
The act of one who looks; a glance.
a.
Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity.
n.
The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns.
n.
The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.
n.
A looking down; despection.
a.
Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc.
v. t.
To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.
a.
Looking upward; supercilious.
n.
The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face.
a.
Looking on or forward.
a.
Blooming in the night.
a.
Looking forward.