wheelwright ( gh silent), whee lew right

[Eng. wheel, and wright. A man whose occupation is to make wheels and wheeled carriages. wheel-y, a. [Eng. wheel, s.; y.] Circular; suitable for rotation. "Give a wheely form To the expected grinder." -J. Philips : Cider , ii. wheen, s. [A. S. hwéne , hwane .] A parcel; a number of persons or things; a quantity. ( Scotch .) "I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slowhunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs."-Scott: Guy Manner ing, ch. xxii. wheēze, s . [WHEEZE, v.] A joke, anecdote, or dialogue not strictly connected with a piece that is being played, but introduced by an actor sometimes with the a istance and for the benefit of others. Applied also to the dialogues between the songs at negro-minstrel entertainments, and to the jokes of circus clowns. ( Eng . The at . slang .) "The man who propounds conundrums to puzzle 'Brudder Bones,' and puts on the most solemn air of attention while the comic men spin out their "wheezes."-Referee, May 1, 1887. wheeze, whes-en, v. i. [A.S. hwésan; cf. Icel. hvæsa to hi ; Danish hvæse to hi , to wheeze. as, to wheel a cart. B. Intransitive: 1. To turn on, or as on, an axis; to revolve, to rotate. "The moon carried about the earth always shows the same face to us, not once wheeling upon her own center." -Bentley. 2. To change direction; as though by moving on an axis or pivot. "Thus step by step, where'er the Trojan wheel'd , There swift Achilles compa 'd round the field." Pope: Homer's Iliad , xxii. 249. 3. To make a circular or spiral flight. "The sea-bird wheeling round it, with the din Of wings." Long fellow: The Lighthouse. 4. To ride a bicycle or tricycle. "One young girl. was attended by a youth on a bicycle, who wheeled attentively at her side."- Century Magazine, Sept., 1884, p. 643. *5. To roll forward or along. "Thunder mixed with hail, Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky, And wheel on the earth, devouring where it rolls." Milton: P. L. , xii. 183. *6. To turn or change in opinion; to take a different side or course. "In the change at the Restoration, they wheel'd about and acted like Protei."- Wood : Athenæ Oxon., vol. ii. *7. To fetch or compa ; hence, to wander about. "I was forced to wheel Three or four miles about." Shakesp.: Coriolanus , i. 6.