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Gripe :: Gripe (n.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

Squeaker :: Squeak (n.) A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed..

Gladstone :: Gladstone (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman..

Tramroad :: Tramroad (n.) A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron..

Cam :: Cam (n.) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.

Roundabout :: Roundabout (n.) A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round..

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.

Fieldpiece :: Fieldpiece (n.) A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun..

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..

Screw :: Screw (n.) Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below..

Spokesmen :: Spokeshave (n.) A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work..

Growler :: Growler (n.) A four-wheeled cab.

Ventilate :: Ventilate (v. t.) To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket..

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 (v. t.) To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.

Trough :: Trough (n.) A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel..

Water Wheel :: Water wheel () The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.

Rockaway :: Rockaway () Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side..

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.

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

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