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d subservient hanger-on of a political patron. [Political Cant, U. S.] The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding. The Century.

A vehicle having four wheels. [Colloq.]

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

essel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.

tern wheel, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels.stern wheeler.

e horses nearest to the wheels, as opposed to a leader, 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.…