Definition of shoe

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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..

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Vamp :: Vamp (v. t.) To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up..
Mismate :: Mismate (v. t.) To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate gloves or shoes; a mismated couple..
Shoon :: Shoon (n.) pl. of Shoe.
Shoemaker :: Shoemaker (n.) One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.
Hobnailed :: Hobnailed (a.) See with hobnails, as a shoe..
Snowshoe :: Snowshoe (n.) A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow..
Horseshoeing :: Horseshoeing (n.) The act or employment of shoeing horses.
Moccasin :: Moccasin (n.) A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians..
Insabbatati :: Insabbatati (n. pl.) The Waldenses; -- so called from their peculiary cut or marked sabots, or shoes..
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..
Phylactolaemata :: Phylactolaemata (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.
Lace :: Lace (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc..
Goloe-shoe :: Goloe-shoe (n.) A galoche.
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
Discalceate :: Discalceate (v. t.) To pull off shoes or sandals from.
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
Randing :: Randing (n.) The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes.
Tap :: Tap (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp..
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