Definition of wheel

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Wheel (n.) A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.

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Skip :: Skip (n.) A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories..
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..
Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance)..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A potter's wheel. See under Potter.
Sterquilinous :: Stern-wheeler (n.) A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.
Wagon :: Wagon (n.) A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise..
Arbor :: Arbor (n.) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
Growler :: Growler (n.) A four-wheeled cab.
Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..
Ratch :: Ratch (n.) A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works..
Play :: Play (n.) Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action..
Chariot :: Chariot (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage, having one seat..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card..
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets.
Rotation :: Rotation (n.) The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution..
Stern-wheeler :: Stern-wheel (a.) Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer..
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.
Whir :: Whir (n.) A buzzing or whizzing sound produced by rapid or whirling motion; as, the whir of a partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel..
Wheelband :: Wheelband (n.) The tire of a wheel.
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