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heel1 1. the back part of the human foot from the instep to the lower part of the ankle 2. the corresponding part in other vertebrates 3. Horticulture the small part of the parent plant that remains attached to a young shoot cut for propagation and that ensures more successful rooting 4. Nautical a. the bottom of a mast b. the after end of a ship's keel 5. the back part of a golf club head where it bends to join the shaft 6. Rugby possession of the ball as obtained from a scrum (esp in the phrase get the heel) heel2 inclined position from the vertical heel [hēl] (mechanical engineering) (metallurgy) A quantity of molten metal remaining in the ladle after pouring a metal cast-ing. A quantity of metal retained in an induction furnace during a stand-by period. (navigation) Of a ship, to incline or to be inclined to one side. (ordnance) Upper corner of the butt of a rifle stock held in firing position. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| And he has brought to heel peevish local executives who were locking horns with current Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Those of a collectivist bent insist that the corporate world is utterly riven with fraud and completely untrustworthy, and must be brought to heel by the federal government. Only the threat that somewhere in the world someone will choose to follow a different path than the one decreed in Washington - and that someone will be brought to heel by U. |
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