WHEEL, n.
1. A circular frame of wood, iron or other metal, consisting of a nave or hub, into which are inserted spokes which sustain a rim or felly the whole turning on an axis. The name is also given to a solid circular or round piece of wood or metal, which revolves on an axis. The wheel and axle constitute one of the mechanical powers.
2. A circular body.
3. A carriage that moves on wheels.
4. An instrument for torturing criminals as an examination made by the rack and the wheel.
5. A machine for spinning thread, of various kinds.
6. Rotation revolution turn as the vicissitude and wheel of things.
7. A turning about a compass.
He throws his flight in many an airy wheel.
8. In pottery, a round board turned by a lathe in a horizontal position, on which the clay is shaped by the hand.
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