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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..

Tramp :: Tramp (n.) A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade..

Shoeblack :: Shoeblack (n.) One who polishes shoes.

Poulaine :: Poulaine (n.) A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.

Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.

Moile :: Moile (n.) A kind of high shoe anciently worn.

Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.

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..

Overshoe :: Overshoe (n.) A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche..

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..

Shoer :: Shoer (n.) One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses..

Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab.

Gaiter :: Gaiter (n.) A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe..

Elsin :: Elsin (n.) A shoemaker's awl.

Boots :: Boots (n.) A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes..

Tap :: Tap (v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes..

Farriery :: Farriery (n.) The place where a smith shoes horses.

Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe..

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

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

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