n. A covering for the human foot, especially an external covering not reaching higher than the ankle, as distinguished from boot, buskin, etc.n. A plate or rim of metal, usually iron, nailed to the hoof of an animal, as a horse, mule, ox, or other beast of burden, to defend it from injury.n. Something resembling a shoe in form, use, or position.n. A drag into which one of the wheels of a vehicle can be set; a skid. It is usually chained to another part of the vehicle, and the wheel resting in it is prevented from turning, so that the speed of the vehicle is diminished: used especially in going downhill.n. The part of a brake which bears against the wheel.n. An inclined trough used in ore-crushing and other mills; specifically, a sloping chute or trough below the hopper of a grain-mill, kept in constant vibration by the damsel (whence also called shaking-shoe), for feeding the grain uniformly to the mill stone. See cuts under mill.n. The iron ferrule, or like fitting, of a handspike, pole, pile, or the like.n. Milit., the ferrule protecting the butt-end of a spear-shaft, handle of a halberd, or the like. It is often pointed or has a sharp edge for planting in the ground, or for a similar use.n. In metallurgy, a piece of chilled iron or steel attached to the end of any part of a machine by which grinding or stamping is done, in order that, as this wears away by use, it may be renewed without the necessity of replacing the whole thing.n. A flat piece of thick plank slightly hollowed out on the upper side to receive the end of a sheer-leg to serve in moving it.n. The step of a mast resting on the keelson.n. The outer piece of the forefoot of a ship.n. In printing. a rude pocket attached to a composing-stand, for the reception of condemned type.n. In ornithology, a formation of the claws of certain storks suggesting a shoe.n. A broad triangular piece of thick plank fastened to an anchor-fluke to extend its area and consequent bearing-surface when sunk in soft ground.To fit with a shoe or shoes, in any sense: used especially in the preterit and past participle.To cover or arm at a point, as with a ferrule.A dialectal form of she.n. n. A sliding-contact device for connecting the moving car on an electric railway with the third rail or with an underground insulated conductor.n. In China, a silver or gold ingot said to be derived from the Dutch goudschuit, boat of gold, applied to the ingots imported from India into China in the seventeenth century.