Part 5204

<h1>Heedless</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Heed"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.</def>

<blockquote>O, negligent and <b>heedless</b> discipline! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>heedless</b> lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Heed"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Heed"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Heedy</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Heed"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Heedful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Heedy</i> shepherds." <i>Spenser</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Heed"i*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wf>Heed"i*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Spenser.</i></wordforms>

<h1>Heel</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Heel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>helden</ets> to lean, incline, AS. <ets>heldan</ets>, <ets>hyldan</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>halla</ets>, Dan. <ets>helde</ets>, Sw. <ets>h\'84lla</ets> to tilt, pour, and perh. to E. <ets>hill</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; <as>as, the ship <ex>heels</ex> aport; the boat <ex>heeled</ex> over when the squall struck it.</as></def>

<cs><col>Heeling error</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling of an iron vessel to one side or the other.</cd></cs>

<h1>Heel</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Heel</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hele</ets>, <ets>heele</ets>, AS. <ets>h&emac;la</ets>, perh. for <ets>h&omac;hila</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>h&emac;h</ets> heel (cf. <er>Hough</er>); but cf. D. <ets>hiel</ets>, OFries. <ets>heila</ets>, <ets>h<?/la</ets>, Icel. <ets>h\'91ll</ets>, Dan. <ets>h\'91l</ets>, Sw. <ets>h\'84l</ets>, and L. <ets>calx</ets>. &root;12. Cf. <er>Inculcate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.</def>

<blockquote>He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged <b>heels</b> and then his armed head. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.</def> "The <i>heel</i> of a hunt." <i>A. Trollope</i>. "The <i>heel</i> of the white loaf." <i>Sir W. Scott</i>.

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially</def>: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The after end of a ship's keel</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt</def>. <sd>(e)</sd> <def>The part of any tool next the tang or handle; <as>as, the <ex>heel</ex> of a scythe</as></def>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; <as>as, the horse understands the <ex>heel</ex> well</as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen.</def>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<cs><col>Heel chain</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the heel of the jib boom.</cd> -- <col>Heel plate</col>, <cd>the butt plate of a gun.</cd> -- <col>Heel of a rafter</col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Heel</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 7.</cd> -- <col>Heel ring</col>, <cd>a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath.</cd> -- <col>Neck and heels</col>, <cd>the whole body. <mark>(Colloq.)</mark></cd> -- <col>To be at the heels of</col>, <cd>to pursue closely; to follow hard: as, hungry want <i>is at</i> my <i>heels</i>. <i>Otway</i>.</cd> -- <col>To be down at the heel</col>, <cd>to be slovenly or in a poor plight.</cd> -- <col>To be out at the heels</col>, <cd>to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>To cool the heels</col>. <cd>See under <er>Cool</er>.</cd> -- <col>To go heels over head</col>, <cd>to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner.</cd> -- <col>To have the heels of</col>, <cd>to outrun.</cd> -- <col>To lay by the heels</col>, <cd>to fetter; to shackle; to imprison. <i>Shak</i>. <i>Addison</i>.</cd> -- <col>To show the heels</col>, <cd>to flee; to run from.</cd> -- <col>To take to the heels</col>, <cd>to flee; to betake to flight.</cd> -- <col>To throw up another's heels</col>, <cd>to trip him. <i>Bunyan</i>.</cd> -- <col>To tread upon one's heels</col>, <cd>to follow closely. <i>Shak</i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Heel</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Heel</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Heeled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Heeling</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>I cannot sing, Nor <b>heel</b> the high lavolt. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To add a heel to; <as>as, to <ex>heel</ex> a shoe</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.</def>

<h1>Heelball</h1> <Xpage=681>

<hw>Heel"ball`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.</def>