The heel of a tooth on a bevel gear or pinion is the portion of the tooth surface near its outer end.
The toe of a tooth on a bevel gear or pinion is the portion of the tooth surface near its inner end.
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Famous quotes containing the word heel:
“Fair is the world.
I sing. The ache
up from heel to knee
of the weights
gives to the song its
ground bass.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“In the dense light of wakened flesh
animal man is a prince. As from alabaster
a lucency animates him from heel to forehead.
Then his shadows are deep and not gray.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“What do I care
that the stream is trampled,
the sand on the stream-bank
still holds the print of your foot:
the heel is cut deep.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)