Heel
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HEEL, sb. and v.1 Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. [h)īl.] 1. sb. In Comp. (1) Heel-calkers, heel-plates or irons to go round the heels of a boot; see Calker, sb.2; (2) Heel-cap, to patch the heels of stockings with cloth; (3) Heel-cutter, a shoemaker; (4) Heel-hole, the hole in the handle of a spade; (5) Heel-leathers, leathers formerly worn over stockings to prevent too rapid wear by the clog; (6) Heel-shaking, dancing; (7) Heel-shod, having iron guards on the heels of shoes, &c.; (8) Heel-speck, the shoe-heel piece; (9) Heel-strop, obs., the finishing touch, parting kick; (10) Heel-tap, (a) see (8); (b) to repair the heel of a boot or shoe; (c) the remains of liquor left in a glass after drinking; gen. in pl.; in gen. colloq. use; (d) the last or end of anything; (e) fig., pl. a term of contempt used when speaking of a scandal; (f) pl. fried slices of potatoes; (11) Heel-tree, (a) the cross-bar to which the traces are fastened, a ‘swingle-tree’; (b) a raised piece of wood or stone forming a kerb or edge of the ‘groop’ behind the cows in a cow-house. (1) n.Yks. Ā think yū'd betər put biath hīlkākərs ən tiakākərs əmai biuts (W.H.). (2) Abd. The Gaudman sits and toasts his nose, Or awkwardly heel-caps his hose, Beattie Parings (1801) 31, ed. 1873. (3) Sc. A slang name; the shaping-knife is the symbol of the craft (G.W.). Edb. Duncan Imrie, the heel-cutter in the Flesh-market, Moir Mansie Wauch (1828) ii. (4) Sh.I. I pair'd oot o' da heel-hole o' da spaed heft wi' me knife, Sh. News (Apr. 1, 1899). (5) Cum.4 Thin leather shaped like the posterior half of a boot or clog (without the sole) only not quite so high; these were worn, fastened in front, over the stocking so as to preserve it from the heavy wear of the clog. ‘Hankutchers, and heel-ledders,’ Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 11. w.Yks. (J.T.) (6) Frf. Oor ain humble heel-shakin's in some empty barn, Willock Rosetty Ends (1886) 64, ed. 1889. (7) Ayr. Heelshod or taeshod and tacket and pin, Shaemaker, shaemaker shoo ma shoon, Aitken Lays (1883) 118. (8) n.Yks.2 (9) Sc. I've been letting you see this year and a half the ill of that idolatrous worship of the Church of England, and now I shall give it the heel-strop, and show plainly that all that are of that communion are damned, unless they repent, Calder Presbyt. Eloq. (1694) 157, ed. 1847. (10, a) n.Cy. Grose (1790) MS. add. w.Yks.1, Lei.1, Nhp.1, Cor.1 Cor.2 (b) Cor.2 (c) Ayr. Seize the bottle and push it about; Don't fill on a heel-tap, it is not decorous, Boswell Poet. Wks. (1803) 26, ed. 1871. Ir. A stray invalid or two completing his course of the waters... he dare not budge till he has finished his ‘heel tap’ of abomination, Lever A. O'Leary (1844) xvi. Nhb. There is a stupid custom which prescribes that each man should ‘drink fair,’ and hence the expression ‘Nee heel taps, noo,’ when one has been shirking his quantity by leaving a little in the bottom of his glass (R.O.H.). s.Lan. (T.R.C.), Der.2, nw.Der.1, Lei.1, War.3 Shr.1 Now, drink up yore 'eel-taps, an' ăve another jug. Hnt. Clear off your heel-taps (T.P.F.). I.W.1 Take off your heeltaps. w.Som.1 Come, drink fair ─ no heel-taps! Dev. You shall dine on the leavings and drink the heel-taps for your trouble, Baring-Gould Spider (1887) vii. Cor.1 Cor.2 Slang. Nick took off his heel taps, Barham Ingoldsby (ed. 1864) Lay of S. Cuthbert. (d) Mid. I have got a little nest-egg of your mother's money for you, and a heel-tap of your father's, Blackmore Kit (1890) I. xix. (e) s.Lan. (T.R.C.) (f) s.Pem. We'll'ave soom heeltaps for dinner to-dȧy (W.M.M.). (11, a) n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1 Defendant was charged with stealing two heel-trees. (b) Chs.1, s.Chs.1
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- That part of a scythe-blade which is furthest from the point. w.Yks.2, Glo.1 Nrf. Do you try my scythe, and let me try your'n... We'll go and take her in a peg. Drop the heel down, Emerson Son of Fens (1892) 172. Hence (1) Heel-ring, sb. the ring by means of which the blade of a scythe is fastened to the pole. w.Mid. (W.P.M.), Dev.3; (2) Heel-wedge, sb. the wedge driven between the ‘heel-ring’ and the pole of a scythe, whereby the blade is held firmly in its place. w.Mid. (W.P.M.)
... 9. The rear point of a plough-sock. Nhb.1 In a plough, the little-heel, sometimes called the hean, is the part gripping the sheth. [Heel of the plough, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 150.]
... 10. The stern of a boat. Sh.I. Set ye my waands i' da heel o' da boat, Sh. News (June 25, 1898).
... 12. The bottom remaining crust of a loaf; the top crust of a loaf cut off. Sc. The heel o' the white loaf that cam frae the Bailie's, Scott Waverley (1814) lxiv. Edb. (A.B.C.) Gall. Used commonly for the bottom slice of a loaf of bread (A.W.). Ir. She took out of her pocket a battered-looking heel of a loaf, Barlow Lisconnel (1895) 56. N.I.1, Nhb.1, w.Yks.1, Lan. (T.R.C.), ne.Lan.1 s.Wor.1 Uncommon. Shr.1 ‘Cut a loaf through to sen' to the leasow, that 'eel ŏŏnna be enough.’ A remaining corner is called the heel of the loaf at Clun; Shr.2, Glo.1, Oxf. (G.O.) Dor. Gl. (1851).
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- Obs. The grounds or dregs of a barrel of beer. Nhp. Ray (1691). ...
