| • | To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it. |
| • | The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds. |
| • | The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe. |
| • | The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. |
| • | Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob. |
| • | The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests |
| • | The after end of a ship's keel. |
| • | The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. |
| • | In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position. |
| • | The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. |
| • | The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe. |
| • | Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well. |
| • | The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. |
| • | A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. |
| • | To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like. |
| • | To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe. |
| • | To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting. |
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