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- English Word Shoe Definition Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.
- English Word Shoe Definition A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.
- English Word Shoe Definition 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.
- English Word Shoe Definition 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.
- English Word Shoe Definition The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
- English Word Shoe Definition A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
- English Word Shoe Definition The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
- English Word Shoe Definition An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
- English Word Shoe Definition An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
- English Word Shoe Definition An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
- English Word Shoe Definition A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib.
- English Word Shoe Definition To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.
- English Word Shoe Definition To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.
- English Word Shoebill Definition A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.
- English Word Shoeblack Definition One who polishes shoes.
- English Word Shoehorn Definition Alt. of Shoeing-horn
- English Word Shoeing Definition of Shoe
- English Word Shoeing-horn Definition A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
- English Word Shoeing-horn Definition Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt.
- English Word Shoeing-horn Definition Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.
- English Word Shoeless Definition Destitute of shoes.
- English Word Shoemaker Definition One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.
- English Word Shoemaker Definition The threadfish.
- English Word Shoemaker Definition The runner, 12.
- English Word Shoemaking Definition The business of a shoemaker.
- English Word Shoer Definition One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses.
- English Word Shoes Definition of Shoe
- English Word Shog Definition A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse.
- English Word Shog Definition To shake; to shock.
- English Word Shog Definition To jog; to move on.