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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.

ate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.

Heeling over too easily when under sail; -- said of a vessel.

ones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels.

Evangelists in one figure, which is represented as winged, and standing on winged fiery wheels, the wings being covered with eyes. The representations of it are evidently suggested by the vision of Ezekiel (ch. i.)

To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.

a. & n. from Throw, v. Throwing engine, Throwing mill, Throwing table, or Throwing wheel (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel.

of the ocean is called primitive; that of bays or channels derivative. Whewell. -- Tide wheel, a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by the ebb or flow of the tide.

A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover. [Written also tilburgh.]

large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.

A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.

-- Toe drop (Med.), a morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated, as in talipes equinus. See Talipes.

A morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated.

In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded body and rear entrance.

o the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card.

ate. Toothed whale (Zoöl.), any whale of the order Denticete. See Denticete. -- Toothed wheel, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set on its edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by their action on the engaging teeth of another wheel.

An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels. Hebert.

ting cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.