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Gig :: Gig (n.) A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise..

Nave :: Nave (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob..

Overreach :: Overreach (n.) The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.

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.

Axle :: Axle (n.) A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

Sheely :: Sheely (n.) Same as Sheelfa.

Dearborn :: Dearborn (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides..

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

Plantigrade :: Plantigrade (a.) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.

Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve..

Wheel :: Wheel (v. t.) To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood..

Counter :: Counter (adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.

Scheelium :: Scheelium (n.) The metal tungsten.

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..

Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..

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.

Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel..

Heelpost :: Heelpost (n.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.

Tram :: Tram (n.) A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore..

Skid :: Skid (v. t.) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels..

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