Definition of wheel

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Wheel (v. i.) To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate..

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Volante :: Volante (n.) A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba.
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A penstock for a water wheel.
Buff :: Buff (a.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc..
Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch..
Wheel :: Wheel (v. i.) To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right..
Bushel :: Bushel (n.) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.
Equirotal :: Equirotal (a.) Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
Wheely :: Wheely (a.) Circular; suitable to rotation.
Round :: Round (adv.) Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round..
Railway :: Railway (n.) A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure..
Ribaudequin :: Ribaudequin (n.) An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine..
Calash :: Calash (n.) A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage..
Manumotor :: Manumotor (n.) A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it..
Cuttoo Plate :: Cuttoo plate () A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.
Wheelhouse :: Wheelhouse (n.) A paddle box. See under Paddle.
Gill :: Gill (n.) A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
Peirameter :: Peirameter (n.) A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.
Noddy :: Noddy (n.) A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
Rowel :: Rowel (n.) A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits.
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