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In a genteel manner.

The quality of being genteel.

Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.

Steel hardened by the addition of other elements, as manganese, phosphorus, or (usually) carbon.

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it. Heeling error (Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling of an iron vessel to one side or the other.

A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.

A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.

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.

Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel.

Same as Wootz.

Steel cast in ingots from the Bessemer converter or open-hearth furnace.

To encircle. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

A morass; a shallow lake. [Written also jhil.] [India] Whitworth.

To cool; to akin or stir [Obs.] While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. Shak.