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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Cart :: Cart (n.) An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
Carriage :: Carriage (n.) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage..
Suraddition :: Suradanni (n.) A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like..
Heel :: Heel (n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position..
Wheelhouse :: Wheelhouse (n.) A paddle box. See under Paddle.
Wright :: Wright (n.) One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
Run :: Run (a.) To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round..
Sheal :: Sheal (n.) Same as Sheeling.
Heeltap :: Heeltap (n.) One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.
Ribaudequin :: Ribaudequin (n.) An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon..
Brougham :: Brougham (n.) A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short..
Danaide :: Danaide (n.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one..
Catherine Wheel :: Catherine wheel () Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window.
Hub :: Hub (n.) A block for scotching a wheel.
Jumper :: "Jumper (n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece..
Chain Pump :: Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge..
Helm :: Helm (n.) The apparatus by which a ship is steered, comprising rudder, tiller, wheel, etc.; -- commonly used of the tiller or wheel alone..
Throw :: Throw (n.) A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See 2d Jigger, 2 (a)..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
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