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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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shoe


shoe is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. Shak. Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. Shak.

[2] Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. Specifically:

[3] A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.

[4] A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.

[5] A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.

[6] The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

[7] An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.

[8] An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

[9] An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.

[10] A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground. -- Shoe block (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other. -- Shoe bolt, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners. -- Shoe pac, a kind of moccasin. See Pac. -- Shoe stone, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather.


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