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Shoe

noun

(pl. shoes, formerly shoon, now provincial)

Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.

(card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time.

U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof. Synonym: horseshoe.

A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation. Synonyms: brake shoe, skid.

verb

(past & past part. shod; pres. part. shoeing)

Furnish with shoes.

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... Whittier, the poet of the oppressed, was born in Haverhill, Mass., 1807, worked on a farm and on a shoe-bench, and studied at the local academy, until, becoming of age, he went to Hartford, Conn., and began a brief experience in editorial life. Soon after his return to Massachusetts he was elected to the Legislature, and after his duties ended there ...

— The Story of the Hymns and Tunes • Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth

... the servants arrive with the luncheon? EDITH: We are quite alone, and the sea is as smooth as glass. Suppose we take off our shoes and stockings and paddle? ALL: Yes, yes! The very thing! (They prepare to carry, out the suggestion. They have all taken off one shoe, when FREDERIC comes ...

— The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan - The 14 Gilbert And Sullivan Plays • William Schwenk Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

... leading nowhere, bewildered him. And then there was a little river, crooked as a pot-hook, that crawled through the middle of the town, crossed by a hundred little bridges so nearly alike that they got on Curly's nerves. And the last bartender wore a number nine shoe. ...

— Heart of the West • O. Henry

... civil and military departments at their farms. These men will be employed for the public when the relief takes place. 2 Assistants to the provost marshal. 3 Gardeners and labourers employed by the governor. 3 Coopers. 6 Shoe-makers. 4 Taylors. 5 Bakers. 6 Attending the sick at the hospital. 3 Barbers. 3 Gardeners, and others, employed at the hospital. 3 Employed by the governor bringing in of wood, etc. 316 413 Under ...

— An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island • John Hunter

... her great gray eyes upon me for a moment, but her glance was a trifle less steady than my own and she withdrew it, fixing it on the tip of her shoe. ...

— Can Such Things Be? • Ambrose Bierce

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