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Encyclopedia Britannica



HEEL

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 198 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HAN-HEG
HEEL . (I) (O. Eng. hela, cf. Dutch hiel; a derivative of O. Eng. la h, hough, hock), that
part
  of the foot in man which is situated below and behind the
ankle
 ; by
analogy
 , the calcaneal
part
  of the
tarsus
  in other vertebrates. The heel proper in digitigrades and ungulates is raised off the ground and is commonly known as the "knee" or " hock," while the
term
  " heel " is applied to the
hind
  hoofs. (2) (A variant of the earlier Meld; cf. Dutch hellen, for helden), to turn over to one
side
 , especially of a ship. It is this word probably, in the sense of " tip-up," used particularly of the tilting or tipping of a cask or
barrel
  of liquor, that explains the origin of the expression " no heel-taps," a direction to the drinkers of a
toast
  to drain their glasses and leave no dregs remaining. " Tap " is a common word for liquor, and a cask is said to be " heeled " when it is tipped and only dregs or muddy liquor are left. This suits the actual sense of the phrase better than the explanations which connect it with tapping the " heel " or bottom of the glass (see Notes and Queries, 4th
series
 , vols. xi.xii., and 5th
series
 , vol. i.).


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