Definition of heel

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Heel (n.) The after end of a ship's keel.

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Pace :: Pace (n.) The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces..
Wheel-shaped :: Wheel-shaped (a.) Shaped like a wheel.
Feather-heeled :: Feather-heeled (a.) Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.
Sprag :: Sprag (v. t.) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel..
Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies..
Tungsten :: Tungsten (n.) Scheelite, or calcium tungstate..
Throw :: Throw (n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a)..
Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..
Cart :: Cart (n.) An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A turning with rapidity or velocity; rapid rotation or circumvolution; quick gyration; rapid or confusing motion; as, the whirl of a top; the whirl of a wheel..
Caracole :: Caracole (v. i.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel..
Heelpost :: Heelpost (n.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.
Trigger :: Trigger (n.) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
Hob :: Hob (n.) The hub of a wheel. See Hub.
Helm :: Helm (n.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone..
Driver :: Driver (n.) The driving wheel of a locomotive.
Fusee :: Fusee (n.) A similar wheel used in other machinery.
Heel :: Heel (n.) The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.
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..
Rundle :: Rundle (n.) Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan..
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