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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HEELBALL

HEELBALL Heel "ball `, n.

 

Defn: A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

heelball

heel ball |ˈhēlˌbôl ˈhilˌbɔl | ▶noun a mixture of hard wax and lampblack used by shoemakers for polishing and in brass rubbing.

 

Oxford Dictionary

heelball

heel |ball |ˈhiːlbɔːl | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a mixture of hard wax and lampblack used by shoemakers for polishing or in brass rubbing.