Do we say heel or heal

heel 1222 occurrences

He clinched his fist as though about to strike, then, with an ugly scowl, turned on his heel and walked away.

" The prefect locked the empty building, and turning on his heel caught sight of our three friends, who were standing close by waiting for "Rats.

"I've marked the place," added Noaks, turning on his heel with a sneering laugh; "you needn't give it me back.

He attempted to make some reply, but somehow the words failed him, and turning on his heel he walked away to his own study.

in such a menacing tone that the questioner saw fit to turn on his heel and walk away with an alacrity of movement not altogether due to any particular eagerness to commence work.

Before reaching the Kachime, they were joined by the women and children, Muckluck much concerned at the sight of her friend glazed in ice from head to heel.

The Boy spoke with the old-timer's superiority, of his own experience, and was so puffed up, at the bare thought of having hardened his feet, that he concealed without a qualm the fact of a brand-new blister on his heel.

With that, Darrin turned on his heel, seeking the deck.

He stamped his foot and ground his heel into the earth there with a cry and an oath, and put the chain back again whence he had taken it, and swore he would wear it till they laid his bones under ground.

Three-quarters of its soil was under the heel of the invader.

If a German soldier has even a suspicion of a corn or a bunion or a chafed heel and does not instantly report to the regimental pedicurist for treatment he is subject to severe punishment.

In the bows, all huddled in a heap, and with a single paddle still grasped in his hand, there crouched a very small man clad in black, an open book lying across his face, and one stiff leg jutting upwards with the heel of the foot resting between the rowlocks.

Ten years earlier, I should have looked around for some fair spirit to be my "minister," but now One forenoonI think it was the third or fourth time I had visited the placeI was startled to find the dint of a heel in the earth, half-way up the slope.

Q.M.S., favouring me with a look very appropriate to the Devil's Own, turned on his heel and set off in pursuit of a lady-billetee, pulling up short on the threshold of the baby-linen shop in which she took refuge.

With cloak loose-pinn'd on each, that has been red, But long with dust and dirt discoloured Belies its hue; in mud behind, before, From heel to middle leg becrusted o'er.

Atkinson has a bad heel and laid up all dayhis pony was tied behind another sledge, and went well, a very hopeful sign.

Against the story of Nash and the Duchess of Queensberry, so wholesome and humane, we put that frightful anecdote that Saint-Simon tells of Lauzun's getting the hand of another duchess under his high heel, and pirouetting on it to make the heel dig deeper into the flesh.

Against the story of Nash and the Duchess of Queensberry, so wholesome and humane, we put that frightful anecdote that Saint-Simon tells of Lauzun's getting the hand of another duchess under his high heel, and pirouetting on it to make the heel dig deeper into the flesh.

He stood for a minute undecided, then turned on his heel and marched homeward with savage steps.

I laughed out loud at last to think of a poor devil like me, in a Scotch garret, with my stockings out at heel and a shilling or two to be dissipated upon, with a smell of raw haggis mounting from below, and old women breathing gin as they passed me on the stairswanting to turn my life into easy pleasure.

DANIELS, FRANK A. Tar Heel editor.

DANIELS, JOSEPHUS. Tar Heel editor.

When I sat on one heel to bathe a hot face, give a drink or dress a wound, some man took hold of me with his well hand and steadied me, while another held my basin.

Master Gerard, clad in a long robe of black velvet from head to heel, sat bending his fingers gracefully together and looking at me.

He merely snapped a match short off between his thumb and forefinger and ground the pieces into the dirt with his heel.

heal 681 occurrences

The specific name of the tutsan (Hypericum androsoemum), derived from the two Greek words signifying man and blood, in reference to the dark red juice which exudes from the capsules when bruised, was once applied to external wounds, and hence it was called "balm of the warrior's wound," or "all-heal."

Gerarde says, "The leaves laid upon broken skins and scabbed legs heal them, and many other hurts and griefs, whereof it took its name 'toute-saine' of healing all things."

Another familiar plant which has long had a reputation as a vulnerary is the self-heal, or carpenter's herb (Prunella vulgaris), on account of its corolla being shaped like a bill-hook.

According to some old writers, the black briony went by this name, and Hare gives this explanation:"'Our Lady's seal' (Sigillum marioe) is among the names of the black briony, owing to the great efficacy of its roots when spread in a plaster and applied as it were to heal up a scar or bruise."

" The hound's-tongue (cynoglossum) has been reputed to have the magical property of preventing dogs barking at a person, if laid beneath the feet; and Gerarde says that wild goats or deer, "when they be wounded with arrows, do shake them out by eating of this plant, and heal their wounds."

The mysterious origin and surroundings of the mistletoe have invested it with a widespread importance in old folk-lore remedies, many of which are, even now-a-days, firmly credited; a reputation, too, bestowed upon it by the Druids, who styled it "all-heal," as being an antidote for all diseases.

They will then, in all probability, heal up from the bottom, and any matter which may form will find its own way out into the poultice.

I find: Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind!

She has never 'had cause to wear the veil before the household' [to hide blushes or tears], or found that his 'lips can give sharper sting than their kiss can heal,' like the rest of us.

And even after the sliver works out, it will take quite a while to heal, and there may be an ugly mark here for a long time.

It will heal quickly.

[Footnote 4: Ashkooke, a demon in the form of a snake, who, with his brother-fiend, Wobsacuck, are supposed to be sent by Hobbamock to heal the sick, when forced, by the potent spells of the great Powow, to work good instead of evil.

I was always able to heal the wounds which came from without, but this wound comes from my own blood; my blood pours forth within me and stifles me.

And the holy angel of God, Raphael, was sent to heal them both.

Do what I would, I could not heal myself, the soul of the matter persistently escaped me.

He won every heart by charity, and captivated every mind with his eloquence; so that Hippo, a little African town, was no longer "least among the cities of Judah," since her prelate was consulted from the extremities of the earth, and his influence went forth throughout the crumbling Empire, to heal division and establish the faith of the wavering,a Father of the Church universal.

to heal the division between Aëtius and Albinus,rival generals, whose dissensions compromised the safety of the Empire.

In addition to the labors of Leo to preserve the integrity of the received faith among the semi-barbaric western nations, his efforts were equally great to heal the disorders of the Church.

Binding up wounds, pouring in oil and wine, bringing the wronged man to an inn, giving him your companionship, your sympathy, so that he shows his heart to you and lets you heal its bruisesthat is your true charity.

If he see you himself, his presence is the worst visitation: for if he cannot heal your sickness, he will be sure to help it.

at Loughrea, the majority of the members disapproved of the conduct of the synod, but sought rather to heal by conciliation than to perpetuate dissension.

Mr. Pink and the house on the roof, by Edith Heal.

SEE VERWIEBE, FRANK L. HEAL, EDITH.

Edith Heal (A); 22Nov71; R517220. HEARD, H. F. The great fog, and other weird tales.

Whether the curative and fertilizing virtues ascribed to the ashes of the Yule log, which are supposed to heal cattle as well as men, to enable cows to calve, and to promote the fruitfulness of the earth, may not be derived from the same ancient source, is a question which deserves to be considered.

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