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Wheel-wright


WHEEL-WRIGHT, noun [wheel and wright.] A man whose occupation is to make wheels and wheel-carriages, as carts and wagons.

WHEEL, verb transitive

1. To convey on wheels; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.

2. To put into a rotary motion; to cause to turn round.

WHEEL, verb intransitive

1. To turn on an axis.

2. To turn; to move round; as, a body of troops wheel to the right or left.

3. To fetch a compass.

Then wheeling down the steep of heavn he flies.

4. To roll forward.

Must wheel on th earth, devouring where it rolls.