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Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1780 a small quantity of alcoholic beverage remaining (as in a glass after drinking)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a layer of leather in a shoe heel. 2 liquor left at the bottom of a glass after drinking.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Heeltap Heel"tap`, n. 1. One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe. 2. A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking. ``Bumpers around and no heeltaps.'' --Sheridan.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Heeltap Heel"tap`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeltapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Heeltapping.] To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)