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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
heel
n 1: the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or
boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
2: the back part of the human foot
3: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn:
cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel]
4: one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
5: the lower end of a ship's mast
6: (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
v 1: tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made
the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" [syn:
list, heel]
2: follow at the heels of a person
3: perform with the heels; "heel that dance"
4: strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball"
5: put a new heel on; "heel shoes" [syn: heel, reheel]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Heel \Heel\, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[=e]la, perh. for
h[=o]hila, fr. AS. h[=o]h heel (cf. Hough); but cf. D.
hiel, OFries. heila, h[=e]la, Icel. h[ae]ll, Dan. h[ae]l, Sw.
h[aum]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. Inculcate.]
1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; --
in man or quadrupeds.
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He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then
his speed,
His winged heels and then his armed head. --Denham.
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2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a
shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting
downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or
shoe.
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3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or
concluding part. "The heel of a hunt." --A. Trollope. "The
heel of the white loaf." --Sir W. Scott.
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4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a
protuberance; a knob.
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5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human
heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests;
especially:
(a) (Naut.) The after end of a ship's keel.
(b) (Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit,
the sternpost, etc.
(c) (Mil.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is
upwards in the firing position.
(d) (Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword,
next to the hilt.
(e) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the
heel of a scythe.
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6. (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred
heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
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7. (Arch.)
(a) 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.
(b) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. --Gwilt.
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8. (Golf) The part of the face of the club head nearest the
shaft.
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9. In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the
cylinder.
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Heel chain (Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap
around the heel of the jib boom.
Heel plate, the butt plate of a gun.
Heel of a rafter. (Arch.) See Heel, n., 7.
Heel ring, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the
snath.
Neck and heels, the whole body. (Colloq.)
To be at the heels of, to pursue closely; to follow hard;
as, hungry want is at my heels. --Otway.
To be down at the heel, to be slovenly or in a poor plight.
To be out at the heels, to have on stockings that are worn
out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. --Shak.
To cool the heels. See under Cool.
To go heels over head, to turn over so as to bring the
heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or
rash, manner.
To have the heels of, to outrun.
To lay by the heels, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison.
--Shak. --Addison.
To show the heels, to flee; to run from.
To take to the heels, to flee; to betake to flight.
To throw up another's heels, to trip him. --Bunyan.
To tread upon one's heels, to follow closely. --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Heel \Heel\ (h[=e]l), v. i. [OE. helden to lean, incline, AS.
heldan, hyldan; akin to Icel. halla, Dan. helde, Sw.
h[aum]lla to tilt, pour, and perh. to E. hill.] (Naut.)
To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels
aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
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Heeling error (Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by
the heeling of an iron vessel to one side or the other.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Heel \Heel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Heeling.]
1. To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing,
running, and the like. [R.]
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I cannot sing,
Nor heel the high lavolt. --Shak.
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2. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
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3. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
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4. (Golf) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
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5. (Football) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot
advanced, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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