WHEEL-WRIGHT, noun [wheel and wright.] A man whose occupation is to make wheels and wheel-carriages, as carts and wagons. WHEEL, verb transitive 1. To convey on wheels; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood. 2. To put into a rotary motion; to cause to turn round. WHEEL, verb intransitive 1. To turn on an axis. 2. To turn; to move round; as, a body of troops wheel to the right or left. 3. To fetch a compass. Then wheeling down the steep of heavn he flies. 4. To roll forward. Must wheel on th earth, devouring where it rolls.
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