HEEL

I. noun see: hock Date: before 12th century 1. the back of the human foot below the ankle and behind the arch, the part of the hind limb of other vertebrates that is homologous with the human ~, an anatomical structure suggestive of the human ~, one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread, 4. the part (as of a shoe) that covers the human ~, a solid attachment of a shoe or boot forming the back of the sole under the ~ of the foot, a rear, low, or bottom part: as, the after end of a ship's keel or the lower end of a mast, the base of a tuber or cutting of a plant used for propagation, the base of a ladder, a contemptible person, ~less adjective II. verb Date: 1605 transitive verb 1. to furnish with a ~, to supply especially with money, 2. to exert pressure on, propel, or strike with the ~ , to urge (as a lagging animal) by following closely or by nipping at the ~s , intransitive verb to move along at someone's ~s, III. verb Etymology: alteration of Middle English ~den, from Old English hieldan; akin to Old High German hald inclined, Lithuanian šalis side, region Date: 1575 intransitive verb to lean to one side ; tip , transitive verb to cause (a boat) to ~, IV. noun Date: 1760 a tilt (as of a boat) to one side