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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Foot pound \Foot" pound`\ (Mech.)
      A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in
      raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity
      through a vertical distance of one foot.
      [1913 Webster]