He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance.
Shak.
Heed"ful (?), a. Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious;
circumspect; attentive; vigilant. Shak.
-- Heed"ful*ly, adv. -- Heed"ful*ness, n.
Heed"less, a. Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless;
unobservant.
O, negligent and heedless discipline!
Shak.
The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him
so.
Waller.
-- Heed"less*ly, adv. -- Heed"less*ness, n.
Heed"y (?), a. Heedful. [Obs.] "Heedy shepherds." Spenser. -- Heed"i*ly
(#), adv. [Obs.] -- Heed"i*ness, n. [Obs.] Spenser.
Heel (hl), v. i. [OE. helden to lean, incline, AS. heldan, hyldan; akin
to Icel. halla, Dan. helde, Sw. h‰lla to tilt, pour, and perh. to E.
hill.] (Naut.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship
heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
Heeling error (Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling
of an iron vessel to one side or the other.
Heel, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. hla, perh. for hhila, fr. AS. hh heel
(cf. Hough); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, hla, Icel. hÊll, Dan. hÊl,
Sw. h‰l, and L. calx. √12. Cf. Inculcate.] 1. The hinder part of
the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.
He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His
winged heels and then his armed head.
Denham.
2. 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.
3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding
part. "The heel of a hunt." A. Trollope. "The heel of the white loaf."
Sir W. Scott.
4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a
knob.
5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the
lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially: (a) (Naut.) The
after end of a ship's keel. (b) (Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a
boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. (c) (Mil.) In a small arm, the
corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position. (d) (Mil.)
The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. (e) The
part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe.
6. (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the
horse understands the heel well.
7. (Arch.) (a) 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. (b) A cyma reversa; -- so called by
workmen. Gwilt.
Heel chain (Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the
heel of the jib boom. -- Heel plate, the butt plate of a gun. -- Heel
of a rafter. (Arch.) See Heel, n., 7. -- Heel ring, a ring for
fastening a scythe blade to the snath. -- Neck and heels, the whole
body. (Colloq.) -- To be at the heels of, to pursue closely; to follow
hard; as, hungry want is at my heels. Otway. -- To be down at the heel,
to be slovenly or in a poor plight. -- To be out at the heels, to have
on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor
plight. Shak. -- To cool the heels. See under Cool. -- To go heels over
head, to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move
in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. -- To have the heels of, to
outrun. -- To lay by the heels, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison.
Shak. Addison. -- To show the heels, to flee; to run from. -- To take
to the heels, to flee; to betake to flight. -- To throw up another's
heels, to trip him. Bunyan. -- To tread upon one's heels, to follow
closely. Shak.
Heel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Heeling.] 1. To
perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like.
[R.]