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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..

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..

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..

Old :: Old (superl.) Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes..

Laster :: Laster (n.) A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts; a tool for stretching leather on a last..

Clog :: Clog (v.) A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine..

String :: String (n.) A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string..

Overreach :: Overreach (v. i.) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.

Hobnail :: Hobnail (n.) A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes..

Slipshoe :: Slipshoe (n.) A slipper.

Barefoot :: Barefoot (a. & adv.) With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.

Sock :: Sock (n.) A warm inner sole for a shoe.

Size :: Size (n.) A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale..

Galoshe :: Galoshe () Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather.

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..

Shoeing-horn :: Shoeing-horn (n.) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.

Soal :: Soal (n.) The sole of a shoe.

Calceated :: Calceated (a.) Fitted with, or wearing, shoes..

Peg :: Peg (n.) A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg..

Racket :: Racket (n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

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