(v. i.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels
aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
(n.) The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in
man or quadrupeds.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or
concluding part.
(n.) Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a
protuberance; a knob.
(n.) The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human
heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests
(n.) The after end of a ship's keel.
(n.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost,
etc.
(n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the
firing position.
(n.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.
(n.) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of
a scythe.
(n.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the
horse understands the heel well.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen.
(v. t.) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing,
running, and the like.
(v. t.) To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.
(v. t.) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
