Definition of wheel

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Wheel (n.) A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases..

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Sprag :: Sprag (v. t.) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel..
Bicycle :: Bicycle (n.) A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.
Abaft :: Abaft (prep.) Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse..
Wheelman :: Wheelman (n.) One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist..
Spur :: Spur (n.) An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood..
Wheeler :: Wheeler (n.) A wheel horse. See under Wheel.
Hindleys Screw :: Hindleys screw () A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.
Pivot :: Pivot (n.) A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns..
Four-wheeled :: Four-wheeled (a.) Having four wheels.
Quarter :: Quarter (v. i.) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels..
Rotal :: Rotal (a.) Relating to wheels or to rotary motion; rotary.
Catherine Wheel :: Catherine wheel () A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name.
Wright :: Wright (n.) One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
Chilled :: Chilled (a.) Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel..
Brush Wheel :: Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference..
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) The float of a paddle wheel.
Scape-wheel :: Scape-wheel (n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.
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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