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Sheave :: Sheave (v.) A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley..

Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..

Peritrochium :: Peritrochium (n.) The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis in peritrochio, which see under Axis..

Face :: Face (n.) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face..

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

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below)..

Screw :: Screw (n.) A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.

Hub :: Hub (n.) The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box..

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

Pinion :: Pinion (n.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis..

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..

Wheelbarrow :: Wheelbarrow (n.) A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person..

Jigger :: Jigger (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.

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

Enwheel :: Enwheel (v. t.) To encircle.

Vinaigrette :: Vinaigrette (n.) A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man..

Spoken :: Spoke (v. t.) To furnish with spokes, as a wheel..

Milldam :: Milldam (n.) A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel..

Treadwheel :: Treadwheel (n.) A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill..

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