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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Tie :: Tie (v. t.) Low shoes fastened with lacings.
Vamp :: Vamp (n.) The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper..
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab.
Discalceated :: Discalceated (a.) Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced.
Shoeing-horn :: Shoeing-horn (n.) A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe..
Poulaine :: Poulaine (n.) A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.
Heat :: Heat (n.) A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats..
Horseshoer :: Horseshoer (n.) One who shoes horses.
Old :: Old (superl.) Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
Racket :: Racket (n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Runner :: Runner (n.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water..
Clip :: Clip (n.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak..
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant..
Start-up :: Start-up (n.) A kind of high rustic shoe.
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
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..
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..
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
Latchet :: Latchet (n.) The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
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