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Gyroscope :: Gyroscope (n.) A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion..

Opisometer :: Opisometer (n.) An instrument with a revolving wheel for measuring a curved line, as on a map..

Wheelmen :: Wheelmen (pl. ) of Wheelma.

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.

Fusee :: Fusee (n.) A similar wheel used in other machinery.

Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel..

Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance)..

Revolve :: Revolve (v. i.) To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense..

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal..

Rundle :: Rundle (n.) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch..

Skip :: Skip (n.) A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories..

Cab :: Cab (n.) A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle..

Mesh :: Mesh (v. i.) To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels..

Handbarrow :: Handbarrow (n.) A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand..

Tread :: Tread (n.) The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel..

Templet :: Templet (n.) A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet..

Birr :: Birr (n.) A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel..

Flanged :: Flanged (a.) Having a flange or flanges; as, a flanged wheel..

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