Definition of shoe

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Shoe (n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.

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Horsefoot :: Horsefoot (n.) The Limulus or horseshoe crab.
Heeltap :: Heeltap (n.) One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.
Crispin :: Crispin (n.) A member of a union or association of shoemakers.
Snowshoer :: Snowshoer (n.) One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes.
Souter :: Souter (n.) A shoemaker; a cobbler.
Odd :: Odd (superl.) Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove..
Overreach :: Overreach (v. i.) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.
Shoeing :: Shoeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sho.
Poecilopoda :: Poecilopoda (n. pl.) Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea)..
Merostomata :: Merostomata (n. pl.) A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus..
Tool :: Tool (n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work..
Shod :: Shod (imp. & p. p.) f Shoe.
Heeltap :: Heeltap (v. t.) To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).
Tap :: Tap (v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes..
Gaiter :: Gaiter (n.) A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle..
Clamper :: Clamper (n.) An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper..
Start-up :: Start-up (n.) A kind of high rustic shoe.
Calk :: Calk (n.) A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin..
Lapstone :: Lapstone (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
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