Definition of heel

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Heel (n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position..

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Trundle :: Trundle (v. t.) To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun carriage..
Odometer :: Odometer (n.) An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed..
Janker :: "Janker (n.) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs..
Cart :: Cart (n.) An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.
Wagenboom :: Wagenboom (n.) A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora); also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels..
Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..
Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.
Mahovo :: Mahovo (n.) A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel..
Diligence :: Diligence (n.) A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France..
Trundlehead :: Trundlehead (n.) One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion.
Lift :: Lift (n.) A layer of leather in the heel.
Gome :: Gome (n.) The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm.
Cone :: Cone (v. t.) To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels..
Segment :: Segment (n.) A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim..
Staniel :: Stanhope (n.) A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived..
Soleplate :: Soleplate (n.) The plate forming the back of a waterwheel bucket.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision..
Wheeling :: Wheeling (n.) A turning, or circular movement..
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