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A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.

The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel. Knight. Chill and fever, fever and ague.

render coneshaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.

, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a car wheel (see Car wheel.); or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc. Knight.

fitted tightly one into another, as for forcing a crank on a shaft, or for drawing off a car wheel from the axle. -- Forcing pump. See Force pump (b).

The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.

construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc.

r, or forward horse; -- called also wheeler. -- Wheel lathe, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels. -- Wheel lock. (a) A letter lock. See under Letter. (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel. (c) A kind of brake a carriage. -- Wheel ore (Min.),…