Definition of wheel

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Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.

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Whir :: Whir (n.) A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel..
Screak :: Screak (v.) To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel..
Four-wheeled :: Four-wheeled (a.) Having four wheels.
Trochometer :: Trochometer (n.) A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.
Jumper :: "Jumper (n.) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece..
Axle Box :: Axle box () A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes..
Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.
Idler :: Idler (n.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.
Peirameter :: Peirameter (n.) A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.
Dismount :: Dismount (v. t.) To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery..
Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck.
Felly :: Felly (n.) The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes..
Gill :: Gill (n.) A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
Odontograph :: Odontograph (n.) An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.
Rack :: Rack (a.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it..
Nave :: Nave (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob..
Flanged :: Flanged (a.) Having a flange or flanges; as, a flanged wheel..
Staniel :: Stanhope (n.) A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived..
Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve..
Roundabout :: Roundabout (n.) A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round..
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