Wheel

hwel, n. A circular frame turning on an axis; esp. one with hub or nave, spokes, fellies, and tire, for supporting a vehicle, etc.; a rotating disk; any instrument of a similar form, or chiefly consisting fare; end, eve, tSrm; In, Ice; Sdd, tone, or; 505 WHEEZE of a wheel, as a spinning-wheel; an instrument for punishing criminals; a rolling or revolving body; a disk; orb; a turn or revolution; rotation; compa . (JYaut.) a circular frame having handles on the rim, used in steering a ship; {Pottery.') a round, wooden disk revolving horizontally at the top of a vertical shaft or spindle, on which the clay is shaped.-v. t. [wheeled (hweld), wheeling.] To convey on wheels, in a vehicle with wheels, or in a wheelbarrow; to put into a rotatory motion; to cause tog turn or revolve. — v. i. To turn on, or as on, an axis; to revolve, rotate; to go Ship's "Wheel. round in a circuit; make t spiral flight; to roll forward. — Wheeling Act of conveying on wheels; condition of a road with regard to pa age of wheel-carriages: convenience for pa ing on wheels. — Wheel' wright, -rit, n. A man who makes wheels and wheel-carriages. — Wheel'barrow, n. A light frame or box with 2 handles, supported by one wheel, and rolled by a single person. — Wheel'-cafriage, -kar'rej, n. A carriage moved on wheels. — house, n.; pi. -houses. (ATaut.) A small house or shelter on deck, which contains the steering-wheel; the paddle-box of steam-ve els. — work, n. A combination of wheels, and their connection in_a machine. 517