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.
