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A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe.

Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. [Obs.] With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes. Shak.

A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns.

A low shoe with a thin sole. Swift.

. (a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to put off mortality. "Put off thy shoes from off thy feet." Ex. iii.

That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp.

A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. [Canada]

A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel.

The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes.

facture; as, ore is the raw material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of the shoe industry. -- Raw pig, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.

Slashed or striped in patterns. [Obs.] "Two Provincial roses on my razed shoes." Shak.

The act of resetting a horse's shoe. Swift.

, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune. Secret refreshings that repair his strength. Milton. Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness. Wordsworth.

The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.

Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidæ, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.

Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.

ose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat. J. V. Shoemaker.

A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. Sha.

Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.

An overshoe made of India rubber. [Colloq.] Antimony rubber, an elastic durable variety of vulcanized caoutchouc of a red color. It contains antimony sulphide as an important constituent. -- Hard rubber, a kind of vulcanized caoutchouc which nearly resembles horn in texture, rigidity, etc. -- India rubber, caoutchouc…