Heel(v. i.)
- To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
Heel(n.)
- The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.
Heel(n.)
- 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.
Heel(n.)
- The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.
Heel(n.)
- Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
Heel(n.)
- The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests
Heel(n.)
- The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.
Heel(n.)
- In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.
Heel(n.)
- The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.
Heel(n.)
- The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.
Heel(n.)
- Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
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.
Heel(n.)
- A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen.
Heel(v. t.)
- To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.
Heel(v. t.)
- To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
Heel(v. t.)
- To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.