Definition of heel

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Heel (n.) The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe..

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Wheeling :: Wheeling (n.) The act or practice of using a cycle; cycling.
Landau :: Landau (n.) A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage..
Cab :: Cab (n.) A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle..
Sponged :: Sponge (n.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel..
Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..
Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping..
Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck.
Heel :: Heel (n.) The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds..
Click :: Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel..
Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle.
Leader :: Leader (n.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.
Abaft :: Abaft (prep.) Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse..
Shealing :: Shealing (n.) Same as Sheeling.
Manumotor :: Manumotor (n.) A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it..
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
Hurdy-gurdy :: Hurdy-gurdy (n.) In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet..
Afterpiece :: Afterpiece (n.) The heel of a rudder.
Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch..
Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel..
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