Definition of heel

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Heel (n.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well..

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Wheelman :: Wheelman (n.) One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist..
Stave :: Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc..
Chariot :: Chariot (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage, having one seat..
Roundabout :: Roundabout (n.) A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round..
Heelpiece :: Heelpiece (n.) A piece of armor to protect the heels.
Quarter :: Quarter (v. i.) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels..
Driver :: Driver (n.) The driving wheel of a locomotive.
Templet :: Templet (n.) A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet..
Overreach :: Overreach (v. i.) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.
Counterwheel :: Counterwheel (v. t.) To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.
Shiel :: Shiel (n.) A sheeling.
Grease :: Grease (n.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences..
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) The float of a paddle wheel.
Heel :: Heel (n.) The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds..
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..
Heelspur :: Heelspur (n.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.
Spurn :: Spurn (v. i.) To kick or toss up the heels.
Caracole :: Caracole (v. i.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel..
Turbine :: Turbine (n.) A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel..
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
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