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Heel
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The after end of a ship's keel.
(2):
(n.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.
(3):
(n.) The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests
(4):
(v. t.) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot advanced, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
(5):
(n.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.
(6):
(v. t.) To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
(7):
(n.) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.
(8):
(v. t.) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.
(9):
(n.) Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
(10):
(n.) The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.
(11):
(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.
(12):
(v. t.) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
(13):
(n.) In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
(14):
(n.) The part of the face of the club head nearest the shaft.
(15):
(n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.
(16):
(n.) The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; - in man or quadrupeds.
(17):
(v. i.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
(18):
(v. t.) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
(19):
(n.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
(20):
(n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
(21):
(n.) A cyma reversa; - so called by workmen.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Heel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/heel.html. 1828.
