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Look up: wheel

  1. Wheel
    See bob and wheel.
    Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of

  2. wheel
    [n] - a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel 2. [n] - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) 3. [v] - wheel somebody or something 4. [v] - change directions as of revolving on a pivot 5. [v] - move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Wheel
    A common name for the lowest low hand 5, 4, 3, 2, A.
    Found on http://www.internet-poker.co.uk/Poker-Gl

  4. Wheel
    The Mesopotamians are credited with the invention of the wheel. The wheel was a revolution as it allowed larger loads to be moved a greater distance.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  5. wheel
    [slang 'big wheel' for a powerful person] A person who has an active wheel bit. 'We need to find a wheel to unwedge the hung tape drives.' (See wedged). [Jargon File]
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  6. wheel
    a circular piece,shaped as a frame or as a solid disk,which is arranged to turn on an axis,as in vehicles,machinery,etc. Category: Mechanical engineering • a stellate figure resulting from a cone-cut veneer which is used for covering circular table tops Category: Various industries and crafts • a usually horizontal disk revolving on a vertical spindle and carrying the clay ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. Wheel
    Wheel noun [ Middle English wheel , hweol , Anglo-Saxon hweól , hweogul , hweowol ; akin to Dutch wiel , Icelandic hvēl , Greek ky`klos , Sanskrit cakra ; confer Icelandic hjōl , Danish hiul , Swedish hjul . √218. Confer Cycle , Cyclopedia .] 1. A circular frame ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/28

  8. Wheel
    Wheel transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Wheeled ; present participle & verbal noun Wheeling .] 1. To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood. 2. To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle. 'The b ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/28

  9. Wheel
    Wheel intransitive verb 1. To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate. « 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 if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right. « ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/28

  10. wheel
    1. To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood. ... 2. To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle. 'The beetle wheels her droning flight.' 'Now heaven, in all her glory, shone, and rolled Her motions, as the great first mover's hand First wheeled ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. wheel
    noun a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. wheel
    noun forces that provide energy and direction; `the wheels of government began to turn`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. Wheel
    A `wheel` is a circular device that is capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. A wheel together with an axle overcomes friction by facilitating motion by rolling. In order for wheels to rotate a moment needs to be applied to the wheel about its axis, either by way of gravity or by application of another external force. Common examples are found in transport applications. More gene...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel

  14. Wheel
    • (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used. • (v. i.) To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right. • (n.) Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel. • (n.) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning. • (v. i.) To roll forward. • (v. t....
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. wheel
    a circular frame of hard material that may be solid, partly solid, or spoked and that is capable of turning on an axle.[6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/29

  16. wheel
    an alliterative rhyming quatrain with four-stress lines that follows the so-called bob, known together as a bob-and-wheel.
    Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_r

  17. Wheel
    A straight from ace through five.
    Found on http://www.conjelco.com/pokglossary.html

  18. Wheel
    device used for steering a boat.
    Found on http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm

  19. wheel
    The lowest straight - A-2-3-4-5. In O8, this hand is likely to win both the Hi and the Lo, because it's the lowest possible hand, while simultaneously having very strong high-hand potential.
    Found on http://www.cardschat.com/poker/guide/glo


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