Definition of shoe

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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..

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Goloe-shoe :: Goloe-shoe (n.) A galoche.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches..
Ballotade :: Ballotade (v. i.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out..
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..
Farriery :: Farriery (n.) The place where a smith shoes horses.
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..
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp..
Snowshoe :: Snowshoe (n.) A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow..
Cracowes :: Cracowes (n. pl.) Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the fourteenth century..
Calceated :: Calceated (a.) Fitted with, or wearing, shoes..
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab.
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..
Upper :: Upper (n.) The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
Heeltap :: Heeltap (v. t.) To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.).
Lace :: Lace (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc..
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..
Brogue :: Brogue (n.) A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan..
Unbuckle :: Unbuckle (v. t.) To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe..
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..
Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) Iron instruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold..
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