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.

Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a
protuberance; a knob.

The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost,
etc.

The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human
heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests

The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or
concluding part.

The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; – in
man or quadrupeds.

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 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 after end of a ship’s keel.