Definition of heel

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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..

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Roll :: Roll (n.) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels..
Tread :: Tread (n.) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.
Balance :: Balance (n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary)..
Counter :: Counter (adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.
Shieling :: Shieling (n.) A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling.
Barrow :: Barrow (n.) A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow..
Feather :: Feather (n.) The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water..
Buckboard :: Buckboard (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon..
Rote :: Rote (n.) A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy..
Spoke :: Spoke (n.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
Roll :: Roll (n.) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel..
Scheelite :: Scheelite (n.) Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization..
Roller :: Roller (n.) A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc..
Operameter :: Operameter (n.) An instrument or machine for measuring work done, especially for ascertaining the number of rotations made by a machine or wheel in manufacturing cloth; a counter..
Snotter :: Snotter (n.) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat..
Engage :: Engage (v. i.) To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together..
Chill :: Chill (n.) The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel..
Gill :: Gill (n.) A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
Lift :: Lift (n.) A layer of leather in the heel.
Heel :: Heel (v. t.) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting..
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