Definition of heel

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Heel (v. i.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it..

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Amphidisc :: Amphidisc (n.) A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.
Heel :: Heel (n.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt..
Hum :: Hum (n.) A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz..
Nauropometer :: Nauropometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount which a ship heels at sea.
Ratch :: Ratch (n.) A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works..
Shiel :: Shiel (n.) A sheeling.
Wagon :: Wagon (n.) A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise..
Counterwheel :: Counterwheel (v. t.) To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.
Hurter :: Hurter (v. t.) A butting piece; a strengthening piece, esp.: (Mil.) A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet..
Chain Pump :: Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge..
Heeler :: Heeler (n.) A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.
Wheeler :: Wheeler (n.) The European goatsucker.
Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.
Trochal :: Trochal (a.) Resembling a wheel.
Rotate :: Rotate (a.) Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one..
Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve..
Growler :: Growler (n.) A four-wheeled cab.
Wheeled :: Wheeled (imp. & p. p.) of Whee.
Handbarrow :: Handbarrow (n.) A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand..
Barker''s Mill :: Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis..
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