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HEEL v. 13 definitions

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.

HEELER n. 2 definitions

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.]

HEELPIECE n. 3 definitions

A piece of armor to protect the heels. Chesterfield.

HEELPOST n. 2 definitions

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.

HEELTAP n. 3 definitions

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.

ARCHIBALD WHEEL n.

A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars.

ARTILLERY WHEEL n.

A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc.

BACKHEEL n. 2 definitions

A method of tripping by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back; a throw made in this way. -- v. t.

BALANCE WHEEL n. 3 definitions

A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance.

A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.…

BRUSH WHEEL n. 2 definitions

A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference.

A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.

CATHARINE WHEEL n.

See catherine wheel.

CATHERINE WHEEL n. 2 definitions

Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine- wheel window.

CHAIN WHEEL n. 2 definitions

A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.