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ed 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.

Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.

The tire of a wheel.

A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.

The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

Having wheels; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a four- wheeled carriage.

One who wheels, or turns.

A small house on or above a vessel's deck, containing the steering wheel.

The act of conveying anything, or traveling, on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle.

One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist.

See Swarf.

A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism.

A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.

Circular; suitable to rotation.

A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars.

A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc.

A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance.