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Heel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The hind part of the foot, particularly of man; but it is applied also to the corresponding part of the feet of quadrupeds.

2. The whole foot.

3. The stag recalls his strength, his speed,

4. His winged heels--

5. The hind part of a shoe, either for man or beast.

6. The part of a stocking intended for the heel

7. To be out at the heels, is to have on stockings that are worn out.

8. Something shaped like the human heel; a protuberance or knob.

9. The latter part; as, a bill was introduced into the legislature at the heel of the session.

10. A spur.

11. This horse understands the heel well.

12. The after end of a ship's keel; the lower end of the stern-post to which it is connected; also, the lower end of a mast.

13. To be at the heels, to pursue closely; to follow hard; also, to attend closely.

14. Hungry want is at my heels.

15. To show the heels, to flee; to run from.

16. To take to the heels, to flee; to betake to flight.

17. To lay by the heels, to fetter; to shackle; to confine.

18. To have the heels of, to outrun.

19. Neck and heels, the whole length of the body.

Heel [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To dance.

2. To incline; to lean; as a ship; as, the ship heels a-port, or a star-board.

Heel [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To arm a cock.

2. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.

Heel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.

2. 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.

3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.

4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.

5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests

6. The after end of a ship's keel.

7. The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.

8. In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.

9. The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.

10. The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.

11. Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.

12. 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.

13. A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen.

Heel [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

Heel [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.

2. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.

3. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.

Heel-piece [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Armor for the heels.

2. A piece of leather on the heel of a shoe.

Heelball [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Heeled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Heeler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A cock that strikes well with his heels.

Heeler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.

2. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.

Heeling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Heelless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Without a heel.

Heelpiece [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A piece of armor to protect the heels.

2. A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.

3. The end.

Heelpost [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.

2. The post to which a gate or door is hinged.

3. The quoin post of a lock gate.

Heelspur [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.

2. A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking.

Heeltap [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)

Heeltapped [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Heeltapping [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Heeltool [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end.

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13 KJV and 10 BSB verses contain “heel”

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Genesis 25:26

And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.

Genesis 49:17

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

Genesis 49:19

Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

Judges 5:15

And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Job 13:27

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

Job 18:9

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

Psalms 41:9

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Psalms 49:5

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?

Jeremiah 13:22

And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.

Jeremiah 42:16

Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.

Hosea 12:3

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

John 13:18

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

2 Esdras 6:8

And he said unto me, From Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau were born of him, Jacob’s hand held first the heel of Esau.

2 Esdras 6:10

The hand of man is betwixt the heel and the hand: other question, Esdras, ask thou not.

1 Maccabees 9:16

But when they of the left wing saw that they of the right wing were discomfited, they followed upon Judas and those that were with him hard at the heels from behind: