Heel \Heel\ (h[=e]l), v. i. [OE. helden to lean, incline, AS.
heldan, hyldan; akin to Icel. halla, Dan. helde, Sw.
h[aum]lla to tilt, pour, and perh. to E. hill.] (Naut.)
To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels
aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
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{Heeling error} (Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by
the heeling of an iron vessel to one side or the other.
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