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Hutch :: Hutch (n.) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit..

Cart :: Cart (n.) A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot..

Wheel :: Wheel (v. i.) To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass.

Gill :: Gill (n.) A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.

Wheeling :: Wheeling (n.) The act or practice of using a cycle; cycling.

Counterwheel :: Counterwheel (v. t.) To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.

Clearance :: Clearance (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages..

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.

Dish :: Dish (v. t.) To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes..

Dogcart :: Dogcart (n.) A light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled, patterned after a cart. The original dogcarts used in England by sportsmen had a box at the back for carrying dogs..

Velocipede :: Velocipede (n.) A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle..

Omnibus :: Omnibus (n.) A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances..

Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck.

Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance..

Volante :: Volante (n.) A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba.

Breastwheel :: Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight..

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A penstock for a water wheel.

Equirotal :: Equirotal (a.) Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.

Chilled :: Chilled (a.) Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel..

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

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