Definition of heel

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Heel (n.) The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests.

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Spoke :: Spoke (n.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
Slipshod :: Slipshod (a.) Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.
Rut :: Rut (n.) A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
Staff :: Staff (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch..
Grease :: Grease (v. t.) To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon..
Equirotal :: Equirotal (a.) Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
Heel :: Heel (n.) The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests.
Bar :: Bar (n.) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole..
Fid :: Fid (n.) A square bar of wood or iron, used to support the topmast, being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel, and resting on the trestle trees..
Leader :: Leader (n.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.
Play :: Play (n.) Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action..
Web :: Web (n.) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc..
Gyroscope :: Gyroscope (n.) A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion..
Gome :: Gome (n.) The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm.
Scheelium :: Scheelium (n.) The metal tungsten.
Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) A lantern wheel. See under Lantern.
Turbine :: Turbine (n.) A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel..
Scheelin :: Scheelin (n.) Scheelium.
Reservoir :: Reservoir (n.) A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like..
Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies..
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