Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHOE'ING-HORN
SHOE'INGSHOE'-LEATH-ER, or SHOE'-LETH-ER
SHOE'ING-HORN, n. [shoe and horn.]
- A horn used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a narrow shoe.
- Any thing by which a transaction is facilitated; any thing used as a medium; in contempt. – Spectator.
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