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Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization.

The metal tungsten. [Obs.]

The chaffinch; -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.]

by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed. [Written also sheel, shealing, sheiling, etc.] [Scot.]

Same as Sheelfa.

Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.

= Split pulley.

Same as Chain wheel.

Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.

A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels. [Colloq. U.S.]

A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water; a current wheel.

A worm or worm wheel; a tangent screw.

A locomotive driving wheel which acts by friction adhesion to a smooth track.

A circular plate or a cross, with two or more cross grooves intersecting at the center, used on the end of a shaft to transmit motion to another shaft not in line with the first.

A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.

Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turb…

d for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc. The gasping charioteer beneath the wheel Of his own car. Dryden.

The figure inclosed by lines through the points contact of the wheels of a vehicle, etc., with the surface or rails on which they run; more esp., the length of this figure between the points of contact of the two extreme wheels on either side.

A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or sums to which certain marks on its circumference point when it stops being distributed according to varying rules.

Shaped like a wheel.