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of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key. Stepped gear, a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face in a series of steps.

the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. -- Stern wheel, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels.stern wheeler.

To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces.

To retard the motion of, as a carriage, by preventing one or more of its wheels from revolving, either by means of a chain or otherwise. [Obs.]

A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person.

r consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity. Eikon Basilike. Sun and planet wheels (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured to the shaft…

f the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like.

A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated) somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom.

tally, as on a vertical pivot. -- Swing plow, or Swing plough. (a) A plow without a fore wheel under the beam. (b) A reversible or sidehill plow. -- Swing wheel. (a) The scape-wheel in a clock, which drives the pendulum. (b) The balance of a watch.

strument for measuring the velocity of running water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes, which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded by clockwork.

z of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.

when he wanted his ship to tack to larboard, moved the mirth of his crew by calling out, "Wheel to the left." Macaulay.

A kind of two-wheeled vehicle with seats back to back, the front one somewhat elevated.

A tension spoke of a bicycle or similar wheel, secured tangentially to the hub.

A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.

A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge.

A rude four-wheeled, springless wagon, used among the Russians.

A hydraulic device by which the movement of the wheel on the bridge operates the steering gear at the stern.

A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.