Definition of shoe

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Shoe (n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg..

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Clog :: Clog (v.) A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine..
Wet-shod :: Wet-shod (a.) Having the feet, or the shoes on the feet, wet..
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib..
Goloe-shoe :: Goloe-shoe (n.) A galoche.
Rhinolophine :: Rhinolophine (a.) Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats..
Electro-magnet :: Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe..
Laster :: Laster (n.) A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts; a tool for stretching leather on a last..
Handmade :: Handmade (a.) Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib..
Hippocrepiform :: Hippocrepiform (a.) Shaped like a horseshoe.
Clamper :: Clamper (n.) An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper..
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
Solleret :: Solleret (n.) A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a shoe), worn with mediaeval armor..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping..
Roughshod :: Roughshod (a.) Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse..
Lapstone :: Lapstone (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather..
Shoebill :: Shoebill (n.) A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak..
Trap :: Trap (n.) A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at..
Talaria :: Talaria (n. pl.) Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury..
Over :: Over (prep.) Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes..
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