10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIKE HEEL»
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with a leather or rubber top lift. As a rule, wood heels are used on women's dress
shoes. Wood heels, made in various styles and heights, are known by such
names as French heel, Louis heel, and spike heel. The French heel has an ...
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Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, Updated and Expanded Edition ...
... Ontario, Canada: During the choir's recessional after a Sunday service in an
Ontario church the last singer in the women's section got her spike heel caught in
a heating grate in the aisle. She pulled her foot free, leaving her shoe stuck in the
...
Jan Harold Brunvand, 2012
The sexiest and most dainty ankle strap pumps can retain their small buckles for
appearance's sake, yet actually be secured against accidentally falling off by
Velcro. A spike heel can be drilled out, creating a sheath or scabbard for an ice
pick ...
Anton Szandor Lavey, 1998
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Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary: ...
... stud (BrE) 2 (CS, Per) (tacón) heel; zapatos de d alto/bajo or chato high-heeled
/lowheeled o flat shoes Compuesto taco aguja or alfiler (CS) spike heel D 1 (Coc)
taco; hacerse d (Méx) to wrap (oneself) up; hacer d a algn (Méx) to wrap sb up ...
Carol Styles Carvajal, Jane Horwood, Nicholas Rollin, 2004
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Chemistry: Structure and Dynamics
228) The pressure exerted on the floor by the spike heel will be greater. If the
same person wears one shoe with a spike heel and the other with a normal heel,
the same total force is exerted on the floor. However, in the case of the spike heel
, ...
James N. Spencer, George M. Bodner, Lyman H. Rickard, 2010
... cause the wearer to walk on the back of the heel and to throw the boot
backward. If it is not strongly reinforced, as shown in D, the shank will arch
upward and let the heel go too far forward. Small heel taps were once the style.
The spike heel ...
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Everyday Fashions of the Thirties As Pictured in Sears Catalogs
Leather sole. 2ft-inch Spike heel. Women's Sises I, 5ft. 6. 6 j 7. 7ft 8. 8ft. 9in A
width (very narrow; and В width inarraw), Sisea 3ft. 4. 4ft. 5, 314. 6. 6ft. 7. 7ft. 8, 8"
width (medium wide), weight, t pouud 4 ounces 15 К 2900—Black. 15 К 2908 ft.
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Orthotics: A Comprehensive Clinical Approach
The higher the heel, the more weight is shifted to the forefoot.9,10 Because the
high heel interferes with balance and its small base offers little traction, the
individual is at greater risk for falling when wearing a shoe with a spike heel as ...
Joan E. Edelstein, Jan Bruckner, 2002
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Alive and Running: From Fat to Fit in 16 Diet-Free Weeks ...
The heel should flare out laterally from under the shoe (D) This is the complete
opposite of the most unstable heel in existence, the spike heel found on women's
dress shoes. he Toe Box should be rounded and roomy. Some of 10 Running ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
n spik'iness. — adj spik y having or provided with spikes; having a sharp point;
irritable, acerbic; characterized by irritable, difficult or jarring disagreements or
incidents. — spike fish ( US ) a kind of sailfish; spike heel a very narrow metal
heel ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIKE HEEL»
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spike heel is used in the context of the following news items.
AP Interview: Bearded Austrian diva is living her dream
Long legs crossed, one leopard-skin patterned spike heel dangling, the bearded diva with the expressive brown eyes leans back and laughs a throaty laugh ... «Yahoo News, Mar 15»
Heel chair by Nendo for Moroso
Milan 2013: Japanese design studio Nendo presents a chair inspired by the spike heels on a pair of stilettos at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. «Dezeen, Apr 13»
