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Without a heel.

The bank of a canal opposite, and corresponding to, that of the towpath; berm. [U. S.]

A piece of armor to protect the heels. Chesterfield.

The post to which a gate or door is hinged.

A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.

One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.

A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end.

In Holland, and, until the 19th century, also in Cape Colony, a council to assist a local magistrate in the government of rural districts; hence, also, a member of such a council.

The hip of the dog-rose. [Obs.]

A yarn measure of six hundred yards or of a spindle. See Spindle.

The act or effort of heaving [Obs.] He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. Shak.

Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]

Pertaining to Hegelianism. -- n.

The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).

Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant. "Princelike and hegemonical." Fotherby.

Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates. Lieber.

A hedge. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.

A young cow.

An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc. Shak.