Definition of shoe

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Shoe (n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg..

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Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..
Crispin :: Crispin (n.) A member of a union or association of shoemakers.
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
Sandal :: Sandal (n.) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper..
Galoshe :: Galoshe () Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather.
Heel :: 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..
Phylactolaemata :: Phylactolaemata (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians..
Calk :: Calk (v. i.) To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc..
Gum :: Gum (n.) A rubber overshoe.
Insabbatati :: Insabbatati (n. pl.) The Waldenses; -- so called from their peculiary cut or marked sabots, or shoes..
Sandal :: Sandal (n.) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.
Excalceation :: Excalceation (n.) The act of depriving or divesting of shoes.
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof..
Electro-magnet :: Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe..
Gaiter :: Gaiter (n.) A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle..
Lasting :: Lasting (n.) A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.
Insole :: Insole (n.) The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease..
Rand :: Rand (n.) A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel..
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