† heelern.¹

Forms: see heel v.¹ and -er suffix¹; also English regional (southern and south-western) 1800s hailer, 1800s haler, 1800s heler.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: heel v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < heel v.¹ + -er suffix¹.With sense 1 compare earlier hellier n. With sense 2 compare earlier heeling n.¹ 2, hilling n.¹ With sense 3 compare Old Frisian heller , Dutch heler (already in Middle Dutch as heelre in the more general sense ‘person who conceals another's wrongdoing’), Middle Low German hēler , German Hehler (Middle High German hēler ), all in sense ‘person who buys, sells, or harbours stolen goods’. With the heeler is as bad as the stealer, compare e.g. Dutch de heler is zo kwaad als de steler (1648), Middle Low German de hēler was so gut als de stēler (a1531), early modern German landzwinger und heller sind als boeß als die steler (15th cent.), German der Hehler ist wie der Stehler (1616).

Obsolete.

1. A slater, a tiler; = hellier n.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > roofer > tiler or slater

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tiler?a1300

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slater1408

heelera1425

tile-theekerc1440

shingler1445

roof-tiler1885

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 6^v Architector, an helar of rofes.

1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 68 In the West he that covers a House with slates is called a Healer or Hellier.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 82 Squares of..Tyling in the Healers, or Bricklayer's Work.

2. A cover, a covering; spec. a horse cloth, a blanket. English regional (southern) in later use.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering

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coverc1320

hillingc1325

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casea1398

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tegumentc1440

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coverlet1551

shrouda1561

kever1570

vele1580

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hap1593

opercle1598

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shell?1677

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operculum1738

tegmen1807

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) v. vi. sig. gv^v/2 The eye lyddes that ben the helers [a1398 BL Add. 27944 hilers; L. coopertoria] & couerars of the eyen.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) v. viii. sig. gvi^v/2 A byrde in stede of an eye lydde hath an heler [a1398 BL Add. 27944 heliere; L. coopertorium] to couere & kepe the syghte.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 231 1300 tiles with heelers, at 5s. per 100.

1884 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 16 105 ‘Have you got the hailer, sir?’ Used of a rug by a cabman, age about 40, a resident in Teignmouth.—January 2nd, 1884.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Heler, anything which is laid over another; as, for instance, the cover of a thurrick or wooden drain.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Heler, a horsecloth; coverlet. ‘Better nit put the haler 'pon th' 'oss.’

3. English regional (chiefly south-western). A person who conceals another's wrongdoing; one who receives or harbours criminals or stolen goods. Frequently contrasted with stealer, esp. in proverbial phrases such as the heeler is as bad as the stealer.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] > one who or that which conceals

hiderc1374

coverer1393

heelera1586

secreter1755

hugger-mugger1862

a1586 J. Rowll Cursing l. 15 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 162 Bayth the haldaris and the heilaris Ressattaris and the previe steilaris.

1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. 163 The 2 common Malefactors (both of like guilt in Law) caled the Stealer and Heler.

1662 W. Sheppard Action upon Case for Slander ii. 6 To say of one in Devonshire, and thereabouts, Hee is a healer of Felons; For there it is taken for a hider, or concealer of Felons; where it is said, The healer is as bad as the stealer.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Heler A proverbial saying heard in the neighbourhood of Stoddesden:—‘The heler's as bad as the heaver’.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Heler ‘The heler's so bad as the stealer.’

a1894 J. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) 92 Hailer or Healer, a receiver of stolen goods; the encourager of another in wrong-doing. ‘The healer is as bad as the stealer.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

heelern.²

Brit.

/ˈhiːlə/, U.S.

/ˈhilər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: heel n.¹, -er suffix¹; heel v.³, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < heel n.¹ + -er suffix¹, and partly < heel v.³ + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier heeled adj.¹, heeling n.²In sense 1 with allusion to the folk etymology of the name of the patriarch Jacob (Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ : see Jacob n.) < Hebrew ʿaqēḇ heel. In Genesis 25:26, Jacob is described as clutching the heel of his twin brother Esau when leaving the womb of their mother Rebecca. In Genesis 27:36 (cited in quot. a1638), Esau further associates his brother's name with Hebrew ʿaqēḇ to assail (a person) deceitfully, to overreach, to supplant ( < ʿaqēḇ heel; compare also ʿaqōḇ insidious, deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9)), since Jacob outwitted him twice, first by persuading Esau to sell him his birthright (Genesis 25:29–34), and then by fraudulently obtaining the paternal blessing which was rightfully due to Esau (Genesis 27).

†1. A person who grasps another's heel; a person who trips up, undermines, or supplants another. Obsolete.With reference or allusion to the biblical figure Jacob (see note in etymology).

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1607 Times, Places, & Persons Holie Script. 82 This is the first combate by the which Iacob a Heeler supplanteth Esau.

a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) i. 226 My brother may well be called an Heeler, for he hath heeled me these two times. Now..to come behind a man and take him by the heel was foul play.

1769 J. Brown Dict. Holy Bible II. 2/2 In their birth, the last took hold of his brother's heel, and for that reason was called Jacob, the heeler, or supplanter.

1850 J. T. Wheeler Anal. Old Test. Hist. 14 Jacob signifying a heeler or one who heels or strikes up his adversary.

2. A person whose occupation is putting the heels on boots or shoes. Cf. soler n.¹

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > heeling or soling > one who

heeler1665

soler1884

1665 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences George Robinson of Canterbury, heeler.

1884 L. Gronlund Co-op. Commonw. viii. 179 The ‘heelers’ among the operatives in a shoe-factory.

1899 Commerc. Bank against C. Brandt, & Others (N.Y. Supreme Court Appellate Division 4th Dept.) 34 In our factory the heeler does the breasting; otherwise it would go to the trimmer; the heeler insists upon having that in connection with the heeling of shoes.

1902 Longman's Mag. Dec. 150 Some were only eyelet-hole makers, others were sole-peggers, or tongue-sewers, or solers and heelers.

1941 Auckland (N.Z.) Star 4 Mar. 1/6 (advt.) Boot Trade—Benchman required, must be good heeler.

2002 Telegram & Gaz. (Worcester, Mass.) (Nexis) 12 Feb. b4 He previously worked as a heeler at the Webster Shoe Company.

†a. A fighting cock that uses its spurs to attack or wound an opponent. Frequently with modifying word. Cf. heel n.¹ 2a(c). Obsolete.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting > fighting cock

cock of the game1569

heeler1688

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > fighting cock > kinds of

turn-poke1615

shake-bag1663

heeler1688

game bantam1831

tassel-cock1898

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 252/1 A Heeler, or a Bloody-heel Cock..strikes or wounds much with his spurs.

1705 W. Machrie Ess. Cocking 14 A close sitter and walker, is alwise a narrow stricker and good heeler.

1793 W. Sketchley Cocker 2 There have been frequent instances of half-bred cocks that have been very bloody heelers.

1815 Sporting Mag. 46 24 Mark them for steady fighters, good heelers..and deep game.

1928 China Press (Shanghai) 23 Nov. 6/1 A well-contested combat, in which the former showed himself the sharper heeler.

b. A person who fits spurs to the legs of fighting cocks. Cf. heel v.³ 4a.

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1783 Weekly Entertainer 3 Nov. 412 Their cock-pit..is enclosed with a railing..; none but the handlers and heelers being admitted within side.

1872 National Live-stock Jrnl. (Chicago) June 212/1 Shall poultry societies employ a regular heeler to put on the steel gafts at exhibition time?

1889 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 16 Mar. 7/2 If the ‘heeler’ of the opposite bird can, he will pit his cock to the blind side.

1966 People (Austral.) 27 July 52/2 He is known as a heeler, and by studying the action of the birds he decides which will be the most effective spurs for them.

1977 Sun (Lowell, Mass.) 8 July 9/1 The heeler would wind the thread on carefully, ascertaining as he went along that the spurs were in their correct place.

1994 S. Guggenheim in A. Dundes Cockfight 153 Both of these heelers have the disconcerting habit of betting on the opponent.

†a. English regional (Yorkshire). A quick runner. Obsolete.

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1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Heeler, a quick runner, active.

b. A particularly fast sailing ship or yacht. Now rare. O.E.D. Suppl. (1933) placed quot. 1926 in a separate entry with the definition ‘A boat inclined to lurch.’ (cf. heel v.²). However, further context suggests that it belongs at this sense.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > types of fast sailing vessel

carvel1462

caravel1527

yachta1584

fly-boat1590

calvara1592

lorcha1653

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scampavia1723

clipper1824

clipper-ship1853

fruit-clipper1864

heeler1864

tea-clipper1895

1864 Daily Southern Cross (Auckland, N.Z.) 20 Feb. 3/1 No doubt if they sail together there will be a smart race between them, as they both bear the character of being heelers.

1890 Age (Melbourne) 18 Jan. 10/8 Among such a number of heelers a good race is anticipated.

1921 B. Lubbock Colonial Clippers ii. 156 She was a beautiful little ship, a fine sea boat with a good turn of speed... She made her reputation as a heeler under Captain Richard Angel.

1926 R. Clements Stately Southerner 106 The ship herself was a heeler, and she winged her way south like the stately ocean-wanderer she was.

1936 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 11 Jan. 17/2 The ship..was almost of identical dimensions with the heelers Ariel and Sir Lancelot.

†c. Sailing. A strong favourable wind. Obsolete. O.E.D. Suppl. (1933) placed quot. 1894 in a separate entry with the definition ‘A lurch to one side.’ (cf. heel v.²). However, further evidence supports the current definition.

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1874 Bell's Life in London 4 July 8/3 The Florinda was inshore, working short boards with a very light wind, and the schooner was in much the same strait, while the Gwendolin was bringing in a regular heeler, and already closing in miles on the leading vessels.

1878 Bell's Life in London 7 Sept. 8/3 They went across under Berry with a real heeler, but, as usual, it lulled under the headland.

1894 Times 6 Aug. 5/2 The wind came off in hard puffs. Each took a regular heeler as they crossed the mouth of the Medina.

5. U.S. (chiefly depreciative). A follower who works to further the interests of a politician or other powerful person, esp. one who is obsequious or unscrupulous; a flunkey; a hanger-on. Now rare except in ward-heeler n. at ward n.² Compounds 2.

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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person

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snivelard1398

a dog for (also to) the bowc1405

fawnerc1440

snivellerc1450

slave1521

footstool1531

minion1560

footman1567

cringer1582

earthworm1583

yea-sayer1584

croucher1587

creeper1589

sneak-up1598

spaniel1598

sneak-cupa1616

servile1632

puppy dog1651

clientelary1655

lackey1692

groveling1708

prostite1721

prostitute1721

toad-eater1742

groveller1779

cringeling1798

creeping Jesusc1818

toady1826

truckler1827

crawler1847

flunkey1854

doormat1861

dog robber1863

heeler1875

slaveling1884

bootlicker1890

fetch-and-carry1905

poodle1907

yes-woman1927

ass-licker1939

ass-kisser1951

chamcha1966

fart-catcher1971

society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > political hanger-on

water carrier1835

bummer1872

heeler1875

ward-heeler1890

lackey1939

fart-catcher1971

1875 N.Y. Times 25 Aug. 4/1 However incapable Fitzgibbons may be of serving the public, he has the essential requisite of being one of the ‘heelers’ of a serviceable politician.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiii. 451 By degrees he rises to sit on the central committee, having..surrounded himself with a band of adherents, who are called his ‘heelers’, and whose loyalty..secured by the hope of ‘something good’, gives weight to his words.

1901 Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 6/2 The assurance of the Tammany ‘Heelers’ was less blatant than usual.

1908 Jrnl.-World-Spirit (Huron, S. Dakota) 19 Mar. The manager of this paper has seen positive written evidence of the purchase of at least three votes by a stalwart heeler in a town where a hot fight was made in the recent primary.

1933 H. G. Wells Shape of Things to Come iii. 311 The specialist demagogue, sustained by his gang and his heelers, his spies and secret police.

1982 G. S. Kealey & B. D. Palmer Dreaming of What might Be vi. 204 [They] regarded politics as a soiled, impure pursuit—a realm where lawyers, rascals, blatherskites, and heelers engaged in deceit in the interests of monopoly.

a. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. A dog trained or bred to drive animals by running or nipping at their heels; spec. an Australian cattle dog. Cf. header n. 11.blue heeler, Queensland heeler, red heeler: see the first element.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > that tends sheep or cattle

sheep-hounda1640

sheep-doga1774

heading1904

heading dog1913

heeler1928

handy dog1933

Entlebucher1937

1879 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 13 Sept. 4/5 There is one strain of smooth Collie which calls for particular attention, and that is the variety called sometimes the Welsh Collie, and at others the Highland ‘heeler’.

1888 Sydney Morning Herald 22 Aug. 13/2 (advt.) A well-bred cattle dog, a good heeler.

1909 Breeder's Gaz. (Chicago) 31 Mar. 815/1 My collie pup insists on going to the head when driving stock. How should I manage him to make him a heeler?

1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country 11 Bert's heelers and kangaroo dogs chased the packhorses ahead.

1940 F. D. Davison Woman at Mill iii. 214 As thick as the hair on a heeler's back.

1959 A. Upfield Bony & Black Virgin vii. 58 Bluey, the heeler dog, laid himself in the trough.

1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 139 He was a heeler, and it was his nature to attack from the rear.

2006 ‘L. Burana’ Try xxiii. 278 Kenny fed the two hungry heelers wet food from a pull-top can.

†b. Australian. A nip on the heels. Obsolete. rare.

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1882 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms in Sydney Mail 2 Sept. 374/3 He [sc. a dog] fetches him [sc. a horse] such a ‘heeler’ as gave him something else to think of for a few miles.

7. Rugby. A player who heels the ball out of the back of a scrum or ruck; = hooker n.¹ 6a. Cf. heel v.³ 9a. Now rare.Recorded earliest in the compound heeler-out.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position

full back1875

goal kick1875

No. eight1876

goalkicker1879

three-quarter back1880

handler1888

three-quarter1889

heeler1892

scrum half1894

lock forward1898

standoff1902

five-eighth1905

hooker1905

threes1905

flying half1906

loose head1907

standoff1908

fly-half1918

fly1921

inside half1921

outside half1921

scrum1921

inside centre1936

flank forward1937

out-half1949

prop1950

prop forward1951

number eight1952

flanker1953

tight head1959

back-rower1969

second rower1969

striker1973

packman1992

1892 Sat. Rev. 5 Nov. 541/2 The heeler-out puts all his own forwards in front of him off-side.

1898 W. Maclagan & G. L. Jeffery in W. A. Morgan ‘House’ on Sport 157 An English team is an amalgam of heelers, wheelers, pushers (scarce), and sprinters.

1924 Manch. Guardian 22 Jan. 13/6 Robson, who had the middle place in the front row of the scrummagers, did his work as ‘heeler’ very successfully.

1937 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 18 Sept. 23/4 He was shaded by his fellow-All Black heeler Dalton in the majority of the scrums.

1952 Times 3 Mar. 7/1 The naval pack, if less mobile as a rule and eventually slower heelers than their opponents, offered their backs ample chances to win the match.

8. North American. In the rodeo event of team roping: the rider who ropes the back legs (as opposed to the head) of a steer. Cf. header n. 12.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > rodeo > [noun] > participants

bull rider1829

bull-dogger1907

steer roper1910

steer wrestler1910

header1927

heeler1927

pickup man1930

1927 Progressive Arizona Feb. 7/2 The header and his heeler, mounted and with ropes looped and coiled.

1976 Belton (Texas) Jrnl. 24 June b7 Leo made it big quickly on the pro circuit and is highly respected as one of the greatest heelers of all time.

2001 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 28 May b3/5 Lucas secured the year-end header award in the team event and partner Ryan Miller was the top heeler.

2002 A. Proulx That Old Ace in Hole (2003) xxvi. 279 Best heeler I or anybody ever seen. He's just a ropin son of a gun. Fast? Oh yes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	heeler
释义	† heelern.¹ Forms: see heel v.¹ and -er suffix¹; also English regional (southern and south-western) 1800s hailer, 1800s haler, 1800s heler. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: heel v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < heel v.¹ + -er suffix¹.With sense 1 compare earlier hellier n. With sense 2 compare earlier heeling n.¹ 2, hilling n.¹ With sense 3 compare Old Frisian heller , Dutch heler (already in Middle Dutch as heelre in the more general sense ‘person who conceals another's wrongdoing’), Middle Low German hēler , German Hehler (Middle High German hēler ), all in sense ‘person who buys, sells, or harbours stolen goods’. With the heeler is as bad as the stealer, compare e.g. Dutch de heler is zo kwaad als de steler (1648), Middle Low German de hēler was so gut als de stēler (a1531), early modern German landzwinger und heller sind als boeß als die steler (15th cent.), German der Hehler ist wie der Stehler (1616). Obsolete. 1. A slater, a tiler; = hellier n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > roofer > tiler or slater hellier1275 tiler?a1300 slatter1379 slater1408 heelera1425 tile-theekerc1440 shingler1445 roof-tiler1885 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 6^v Architector, an helar of rofes. 1673 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 68 In the West he that covers a House with slates is called a Healer or Hellier. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 82 Squares of..Tyling in the Healers, or Bricklayer's Work. 2. A cover, a covering; spec. a horse cloth, a blanket. English regional (southern) in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering wrielsc825 coverc1320 hillingc1325 eyelida1382 covering1382 casea1398 coverta1400 tegumentc1440 hacklea1450 coverturec1450 housingc1450 deck1466 heeler1495 housera1522 coverlet1551 shrouda1561 kever1570 vele1580 periwig1589 hap1593 opercle1598 integument?1611 blanketa1616 cask1646 operiment1650 coverlid1654 tegment1656 shell?1677 muff1687 operculum1738 tegmen1807 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) v. vi. sig. gv^v/2 The eye lyddes that ben the helers [a1398 BL Add. 27944 hilers; L. coopertoria] & couerars of the eyen. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) v. viii. sig. gvi^v/2 A byrde in stede of an eye lydde hath an heler [a1398 BL Add. 27944 heliere; L. coopertorium] to couere & kepe the syghte. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 231 1300 tiles with heelers, at 5s. per 100. 1884 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 16 105 ‘Have you got the hailer, sir?’ Used of a rug by a cabman, age about 40, a resident in Teignmouth.—January 2nd, 1884. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Heler, anything which is laid over another; as, for instance, the cover of a thurrick or wooden drain. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Heler, a horsecloth; coverlet. ‘Better nit put the haler 'pon th' 'oss.’ 3. English regional (chiefly south-western). A person who conceals another's wrongdoing; one who receives or harbours criminals or stolen goods. Frequently contrasted with stealer, esp. in proverbial phrases such as the heeler is as bad as the stealer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] > one who or that which conceals hiderc1374 coverer1393 heelera1586 secreter1755 hugger-mugger1862 a1586 J. Rowll Cursing l. 15 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 162 Bayth the haldaris and the heilaris Ressattaris and the previe steilaris. 1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. 163 The 2 common Malefactors (both of like guilt in Law) caled the Stealer and Heler. 1662 W. Sheppard Action upon Case for Slander ii. 6 To say of one in Devonshire, and thereabouts, Hee is a healer of Felons; For there it is taken for a hider, or concealer of Felons; where it is said, The healer is as bad as the stealer. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. at Heler A proverbial saying heard in the neighbourhood of Stoddesden:—‘The heler's as bad as the heaver’. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Heler ‘The heler's so bad as the stealer.’ a1894 J. Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) 92 Hailer or Healer, a receiver of stolen goods; the encourager of another in wrong-doing. ‘The healer is as bad as the stealer.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). heelern.² Brit. /ˈhiːlə/, U.S. /ˈhilər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: heel n.¹, -er suffix¹; heel v.³, -er suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < heel n.¹ + -er suffix¹, and partly < heel v.³ + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier heeled adj.¹, heeling n.²In sense 1 with allusion to the folk etymology of the name of the patriarch Jacob (Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ : see Jacob n.) < Hebrew ʿaqēḇ heel. In Genesis 25:26, Jacob is described as clutching the heel of his twin brother Esau when leaving the womb of their mother Rebecca. In Genesis 27:36 (cited in quot. a1638), Esau further associates his brother's name with Hebrew ʿaqēḇ to assail (a person) deceitfully, to overreach, to supplant ( < ʿaqēḇ heel; compare also ʿaqōḇ insidious, deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9)), since Jacob outwitted him twice, first by persuading Esau to sell him his birthright (Genesis 25:29–34), and then by fraudulently obtaining the paternal blessing which was rightfully due to Esau (Genesis 27). †1. A person who grasps another's heel; a person who trips up, undermines, or supplants another. Obsolete.With reference or allusion to the biblical figure Jacob (see note in etymology). ΚΠ 1607 Times, Places, & Persons Holie Script. 82 This is the first combate by the which Iacob a Heeler supplanteth Esau. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) i. 226 My brother may well be called an Heeler, for he hath heeled me these two times. Now..to come behind a man and take him by the heel was foul play. 1769 J. Brown Dict. Holy Bible II. 2/2 In their birth, the last took hold of his brother's heel, and for that reason was called Jacob, the heeler, or supplanter. 1850 J. T. Wheeler Anal. Old Test. Hist. 14 Jacob signifying a heeler or one who heels or strikes up his adversary. 2. A person whose occupation is putting the heels on boots or shoes. Cf. soler n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > heeling or soling > one who heeler1665 soler1884 1665 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences George Robinson of Canterbury, heeler. 1884 L. Gronlund Co-op. Commonw. viii. 179 The ‘heelers’ among the operatives in a shoe-factory. 1899 Commerc. Bank against C. Brandt, & Others (N.Y. Supreme Court Appellate Division 4th Dept.) 34 In our factory the heeler does the breasting; otherwise it would go to the trimmer; the heeler insists upon having that in connection with the heeling of shoes. 1902 Longman's Mag. Dec. 150 Some were only eyelet-hole makers, others were sole-peggers, or tongue-sewers, or solers and heelers. 1941 Auckland (N.Z.) Star 4 Mar. 1/6 (advt.) Boot Trade—Benchman required, must be good heeler. 2002 Telegram & Gaz. (Worcester, Mass.) (Nexis) 12 Feb. b4 He previously worked as a heeler at the Webster Shoe Company. 3. †a. A fighting cock that uses its spurs to attack or wound an opponent. Frequently with modifying word. Cf. heel n.¹ 2a(c). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting > fighting cock cock of the game1569 heeler1688 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > fighting cock > kinds of turn-poke1615 shake-bag1663 heeler1688 game bantam1831 tassel-cock1898 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 252/1 A Heeler, or a Bloody-heel Cock..strikes or wounds much with his spurs. 1705 W. Machrie Ess. Cocking 14 A close sitter and walker, is alwise a narrow stricker and good heeler. 1793 W. Sketchley Cocker 2 There have been frequent instances of half-bred cocks that have been very bloody heelers. 1815 Sporting Mag. 46 24 Mark them for steady fighters, good heelers..and deep game. 1928 China Press (Shanghai) 23 Nov. 6/1 A well-contested combat, in which the former showed himself the sharper heeler. b. A person who fits spurs to the legs of fighting cocks. Cf. heel v.³ 4a. ΚΠ 1783 Weekly Entertainer 3 Nov. 412 Their cock-pit..is enclosed with a railing..; none but the handlers and heelers being admitted within side. 1872 National Live-stock Jrnl. (Chicago) June 212/1 Shall poultry societies employ a regular heeler to put on the steel gafts at exhibition time? 1889 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 16 Mar. 7/2 If the ‘heeler’ of the opposite bird can, he will pit his cock to the blind side. 1966 People (Austral.) 27 July 52/2 He is known as a heeler, and by studying the action of the birds he decides which will be the most effective spurs for them. 1977 Sun (Lowell, Mass.) 8 July 9/1 The heeler would wind the thread on carefully, ascertaining as he went along that the spurs were in their correct place. 1994 S. Guggenheim in A. Dundes Cockfight 153 Both of these heelers have the disconcerting habit of betting on the opponent. 4. †a. English regional (Yorkshire). A quick runner. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Heeler, a quick runner, active. b. A particularly fast sailing ship or yacht. Now rare. O.E.D. Suppl. (1933) placed quot. 1926 in a separate entry with the definition ‘A boat inclined to lurch.’ (cf. heel v.²). However, further context suggests that it belongs at this sense. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > types of fast sailing vessel carvel1462 caravel1527 yachta1584 fly-boat1590 calvara1592 lorcha1653 runner1699 scampavia1723 clipper1824 clipper-ship1853 fruit-clipper1864 heeler1864 tea-clipper1895 1864 Daily Southern Cross (Auckland, N.Z.) 20 Feb. 3/1 No doubt if they sail together there will be a smart race between them, as they both bear the character of being heelers. 1890 Age (Melbourne) 18 Jan. 10/8 Among such a number of heelers a good race is anticipated. 1921 B. Lubbock Colonial Clippers ii. 156 She was a beautiful little ship, a fine sea boat with a good turn of speed... She made her reputation as a heeler under Captain Richard Angel. 1926 R. Clements Stately Southerner 106 The ship herself was a heeler, and she winged her way south like the stately ocean-wanderer she was. 1936 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 11 Jan. 17/2 The ship..was almost of identical dimensions with the heelers Ariel and Sir Lancelot. †c. Sailing. A strong favourable wind. Obsolete. O.E.D. Suppl. (1933) placed quot. 1894 in a separate entry with the definition ‘A lurch to one side.’ (cf. heel v.²). However, further evidence supports the current definition. ΚΠ 1874 Bell's Life in London 4 July 8/3 The Florinda was inshore, working short boards with a very light wind, and the schooner was in much the same strait, while the Gwendolin was bringing in a regular heeler, and already closing in miles on the leading vessels. 1878 Bell's Life in London 7 Sept. 8/3 They went across under Berry with a real heeler, but, as usual, it lulled under the headland. 1894 Times 6 Aug. 5/2 The wind came off in hard puffs. Each took a regular heeler as they crossed the mouth of the Medina. 5. U.S. (chiefly depreciative). A follower who works to further the interests of a politician or other powerful person, esp. one who is obsequious or unscrupulous; a flunkey; a hanger-on. Now rare except in ward-heeler n. at ward n.² Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person clienta1393 snivelard1398 a dog for (also to) the bowc1405 fawnerc1440 snivellerc1450 slave1521 footstool1531 minion1560 footman1567 cringer1582 earthworm1583 yea-sayer1584 croucher1587 creeper1589 sneak-up1598 spaniel1598 sneak-cupa1616 servile1632 puppy dog1651 clientelary1655 lackey1692 groveling1708 prostite1721 prostitute1721 toad-eater1742 groveller1779 cringeling1798 creeping Jesusc1818 toady1826 truckler1827 crawler1847 flunkey1854 doormat1861 dog robber1863 heeler1875 slaveling1884 bootlicker1890 fetch-and-carry1905 poodle1907 yes-woman1927 ass-licker1939 ass-kisser1951 chamcha1966 fart-catcher1971 society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > political hanger-on water carrier1835 bummer1872 heeler1875 ward-heeler1890 lackey1939 fart-catcher1971 1875 N.Y. Times 25 Aug. 4/1 However incapable Fitzgibbons may be of serving the public, he has the essential requisite of being one of the ‘heelers’ of a serviceable politician. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiii. 451 By degrees he rises to sit on the central committee, having..surrounded himself with a band of adherents, who are called his ‘heelers’, and whose loyalty..secured by the hope of ‘something good’, gives weight to his words. 1901 Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 6/2 The assurance of the Tammany ‘Heelers’ was less blatant than usual. 1908 Jrnl.-World-Spirit (Huron, S. Dakota) 19 Mar. The manager of this paper has seen positive written evidence of the purchase of at least three votes by a stalwart heeler in a town where a hot fight was made in the recent primary. 1933 H. G. Wells Shape of Things to Come iii. 311 The specialist demagogue, sustained by his gang and his heelers, his spies and secret police. 1982 G. S. Kealey & B. D. Palmer Dreaming of What might Be vi. 204 [They] regarded politics as a soiled, impure pursuit—a realm where lawyers, rascals, blatherskites, and heelers engaged in deceit in the interests of monopoly. 6. a. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. A dog trained or bred to drive animals by running or nipping at their heels; spec. an Australian cattle dog. Cf. header n. 11.blue heeler, Queensland heeler, red heeler: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > that tends sheep or cattle sheep-hounda1640 sheep-doga1774 heading1904 heading dog1913 heeler1928 handy dog1933 Entlebucher1937 1879 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 13 Sept. 4/5 There is one strain of smooth Collie which calls for particular attention, and that is the variety called sometimes the Welsh Collie, and at others the Highland ‘heeler’. 1888 Sydney Morning Herald 22 Aug. 13/2 (advt.) A well-bred cattle dog, a good heeler. 1909 Breeder's Gaz. (Chicago) 31 Mar. 815/1 My collie pup insists on going to the head when driving stock. How should I manage him to make him a heeler? 1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country 11 Bert's heelers and kangaroo dogs chased the packhorses ahead. 1940 F. D. Davison Woman at Mill iii. 214 As thick as the hair on a heeler's back. 1959 A. Upfield Bony & Black Virgin vii. 58 Bluey, the heeler dog, laid himself in the trough. 1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 139 He was a heeler, and it was his nature to attack from the rear. 2006 ‘L. Burana’ Try xxiii. 278 Kenny fed the two hungry heelers wet food from a pull-top can. †b. Australian. A nip on the heels. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1882 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms in Sydney Mail 2 Sept. 374/3 He [sc. a dog] fetches him [sc. a horse] such a ‘heeler’ as gave him something else to think of for a few miles. 7. Rugby. A player who heels the ball out of the back of a scrum or ruck; = hooker n.¹ 6a. Cf. heel v.³ 9a. Now rare.Recorded earliest in the compound heeler-out. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position full back1875 goal kick1875 No. eight1876 goalkicker1879 three-quarter back1880 handler1888 three-quarter1889 heeler1892 scrum half1894 lock forward1898 standoff1902 five-eighth1905 hooker1905 threes1905 flying half1906 loose head1907 standoff1908 fly-half1918 fly1921 inside half1921 outside half1921 scrum1921 inside centre1936 flank forward1937 out-half1949 prop1950 prop forward1951 number eight1952 flanker1953 tight head1959 back-rower1969 second rower1969 striker1973 packman1992 1892 Sat. Rev. 5 Nov. 541/2 The heeler-out puts all his own forwards in front of him off-side. 1898 W. Maclagan & G. L. Jeffery in W. A. Morgan ‘House’ on Sport 157 An English team is an amalgam of heelers, wheelers, pushers (scarce), and sprinters. 1924 Manch. Guardian 22 Jan. 13/6 Robson, who had the middle place in the front row of the scrummagers, did his work as ‘heeler’ very successfully. 1937 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 18 Sept. 23/4 He was shaded by his fellow-All Black heeler Dalton in the majority of the scrums. 1952 Times 3 Mar. 7/1 The naval pack, if less mobile as a rule and eventually slower heelers than their opponents, offered their backs ample chances to win the match. 8. North American. In the rodeo event of team roping: the rider who ropes the back legs (as opposed to the head) of a steer. Cf. header n. 12. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > rodeo > [noun] > participants bull rider1829 bull-dogger1907 steer roper1910 steer wrestler1910 header1927 heeler1927 pickup man1930 1927 Progressive Arizona Feb. 7/2 The header and his heeler, mounted and with ropes looped and coiled. 1976 Belton (Texas) Jrnl. 24 June b7 Leo made it big quickly on the pro circuit and is highly respected as one of the greatest heelers of all time. 2001 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 28 May b3/5 Lucas secured the year-end header award in the team event and partner Ryan Miller was the top heeler. 2002 A. Proulx That Old Ace in Hole (2003) xxvi. 279 Best heeler I or anybody ever seen. He's just a ropin son of a gun. Fast? Oh yes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1425n.²1607
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