Definition of shoe

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Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

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Gaiter :: Gaiter (n.) A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
Shoer :: Shoer (n.) One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses..
Slipshoe :: Slipshoe (n.) A slipper.
Shoeing-horn :: Shoeing-horn (n.) A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe..
Heelball :: Heelball (n.) A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions..
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..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Horseshoer :: Horseshoer (n.) One who shoes horses.
Limulus :: Limulus (n.) The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot..
Calker :: Calker (n.) A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1..
Galoshe :: Galoshe () A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg..
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..
Size :: Size (n.) A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale..
Brogue :: Brogue (n.) A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan..
Lapstone :: Lapstone (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather..
Manilla :: Manilla (n.) A piece of copper of the shape of a horseshoe, used as money by certain tribes of the west coast of Africa..
Excalceation :: Excalceation (n.) The act of depriving or divesting of shoes.
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..
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