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Wheelwright :: Wheelwright (n.) A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like..

Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost..

Rouet :: Rouet (n.) A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.

Felly :: Felly (n.) The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes..

Idler :: Idler (n.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.

Web :: Web (n.) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc..

Duledge :: Duledge (n.) One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage.

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

Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels..

Escapement :: Escapement (n.) The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration..

Hurdy-gurdy :: Hurdy-gurdy (n.) In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet..

Buggy :: Buggy (n.) A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle.

Corf :: Corf (n.) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines..

Slipshod :: Slipshod (a.) Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.

Wheely :: Wheely (a.) Circular; suitable to rotation.

Four-wheeled :: Four-wheeled (a.) Having four wheels.

Peirameter :: Peirameter (n.) A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions.

Heel :: Heel (n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position..

Nauropometer :: Nauropometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount which a ship heels at sea.

Click :: Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel..

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