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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Catherine Wheel :: Catherine wheel () A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name.
Wheeling :: Wheeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whee.
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard..
Volante :: Volante (n.) A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba.
Tricycle :: Tricycle (n.) A three-wheeled velocipede. See Illust. under Velocipede. Cf. Bicycle.
Skid :: Skid (v. t.) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels..
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel..
Water Wheel :: Water wheel () The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
Trig :: Trig (v. t.) To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid..
Hutch :: Hutch (n.) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit..
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..
Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) One of the bars of a lantern wheel.
Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..
Wheeling :: Wheeling (n.) The act or practice of using a cycle; cycling.
Heelpost :: Heelpost (n.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged.
Stave :: Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests.
Heeltap :: Heeltap (n.) One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.
Cam :: Cam (n.) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.
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