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A plate of iron worn to protect the sole of the foot, or the shoe, when digging with a spade.

A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at.

A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing. She sprung as a colt doth in the trave. Chaucer.

To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe. "Unbuckle anon thy purse." Chaucer.

To put a tap on (a shoe). [Prov. Eng.]

To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.

f any vessel; the spar deck. -- Upper leather, the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes. -- Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes. -- Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in positio…

The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.

A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.

In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole.

Having the feet, or the shoes on the feet, wet.

art worthy of the sway. Shak. The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel. Shak. Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. Matt. iii. 11. And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness. Milton. The lodging is well worthy of the guest. Dryden.

[His steed] so sweat that men might him wring. Chaucer. The king began to find where his shoe did wring him. Bacon. The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar, and wring off his head. Lev. i. 15.