Definition of heel

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Heel (n.) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe..

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Rundle :: Rundle (n.) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
Governor :: Governor (n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable..
Counterwheel :: Counterwheel (v. t.) To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.
Mahwa Tree :: Mahwa tree () An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit..
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..
Photodrome :: Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction..
Wrest :: Wrest (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined..
Heel :: Heel (v. t.) To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe..
Bevel Gear :: Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet..
Clarence :: Clarence (n.) A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver..
Mogul :: Mogul (n.) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping..
Turn :: Turn (n.) The act of turning; movement or motion about, or as if about, a center or axis; revolution; as, the turn of a wheel..
Grease :: Grease (v. t.) To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon..
Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc..
Stagger :: Stagger (v. t.) To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam..
Roller :: Roller (n.) A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc..
Wheelwork :: Wheelwork (n.) A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism..
Count-wheel :: Count-wheel (n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.
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