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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..

Tap :: Tap (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

Birr :: Birr (v. i.) To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion..

Heel :: Heel (n.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt..

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.

Worm :: Worm (n.) A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below..

Heel :: Heel (n.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well..

Orb :: Orb (n.) A revolving circular body; a wheel.

Heelpiece :: Heelpiece (n.) A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe.

Scheelite :: Scheelite (n.) Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization..

Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

Brougham :: Brougham (n.) A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short..

Snakehead :: Snakehead (n.) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car..

Trochite :: Trochite (n.) A wheel-like joint of the stem of a fossil crinoid.

Chain Wheel :: Chain wheel () A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel..

Breasting :: Breasting (n.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel..

Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.

Janker :: "Janker (n.) A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs..

Gome :: Gome (n.) The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm.

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