grease heel

noun

1. melted animal fat
2. any thick, oily substance or lubricant, esp. the substance that is put on the moving parts of automobiles and other machines to make them run smoothly
3. an inflammation of the skin of a horse's fetlock or pastern characterized by cracked skin and an oily discharge
   also grease heel
4. 1. the oily substance in uncleaned wool; suint
   2. an uncleaned fleece
      also grease wool

Origin: ME gresse < OFr craisse < VL *crassia < L crassus, fat, thick: see crass

transitive verb greased, greasing

1. to smear or lubricate with grease
2. to influence by giving money to; bribe or tip
   chiefly in grease the palm (or hand) of