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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Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches..
Over :: Over (prep.) Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes..
Boots :: Boots (n.) A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes..
Sock :: Sock (n.) The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin..
Cordwainer :: Cordwainer (n.) A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker..
Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A food fish (Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
Horseshoer :: Horseshoer (n.) One who shoes horses.
Horsefoot :: Horsefoot (n.) The Limulus or horseshoe crab.
Hippocrepian :: Hippocrepian (n.) One of an order of fresh-water Bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. See Phylactolaema..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib..
Lasting :: Lasting (n.) A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting..
Squeaker :: Squeak (n.) A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed..
Galoshe :: Galoshe () Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather.
Clip :: Clip (n.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak..
Sockless :: Sockless (a.) Destitute of socks or shoes.
Slipshoe :: Slipshoe (n.) A slipper.
Old :: Old (superl.) Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes..
Balmoral :: Balmoral (n.) A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front..
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