to lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.-the hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.-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.-the latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.-anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.-the part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests-the after end of a ship's keel.-the lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc.-in a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position.-the uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt.-the part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.-management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.-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.-a cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen.-to perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.-to add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.-to arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.