Sentence:  &lsquo;No. I only opened the door a <WSD>foot</WSD> and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.' 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. (co)