Definition of heel

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Heel (n.) Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.

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Staff :: Staff (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch..
Heelpiece :: Heelpiece (n.) The end.
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..
Scape-wheel :: Scape-wheel (n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.
Spur :: Spur (n.) An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood..
Wheeler :: Wheeler (n.) A wheel horse. See under Wheel.
Chill :: Chill (n.) The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel..
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) The float of a paddle wheel.
Roundabout :: Roundabout (n.) A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round..
Lift :: Lift (n.) A layer of leather in the heel.
Click :: Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel..
Roulette :: Roulette (n.) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint..
Ratch :: Ratch (n.) A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works..
Wheeler :: Wheeler (n.) The European goatsucker.
Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) To go or move on small wheels; as, a bed trundles under another..
Flat :: Flat (n.) A platform on wheel, upon which emblematic designs, etc., are carried in processions..
Hooke''s Gearing :: Hooke's gearing () Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle..
Omnibus :: Omnibus (n.) A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances..
Caracole :: Caracole (v. i.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel..
Wheel :: Wheel (v. i.) To roll forward.
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