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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Spurned :: Spurling-line (n.) The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
Lap :: Lap (n.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis..
Wheeler :: Wheeler (n.) A worker on sewed muslin.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc..
Gome :: Gome (n.) The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm.
Rundle :: Rundle (n.) Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds..
Buff :: Buff (a.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering..
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistence.
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street..
Overreach :: Overreach (n.) The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
Lobe :: Lobe (n.) The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel.
Beam :: Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam..
Flanged :: Flanged (a.) Having a flange or flanges; as, a flanged wheel..
Yerk :: Yerk (v. i.) To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk.
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..
Car Wheel :: Car wheel () A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
Smokejack :: Smokejack (n.) A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
Heelless :: Heelless (a.) Without a heel.
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