Talus

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). See the Note under Talipes.

(2): ( n.) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

(3): ( n.) A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.

(4): ( n.) The astragalus.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A man of brass, the work of Hephæstos, given to Minos to guard the island of Crete; he walked round the island thrice a day, and if he saw any stranger approaching he made himself red-hot and embraced him.