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Count
·vi To take account or note;
— with.
II. Count ·vt An object of interest or account; value; estima...
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to count
To reckon; suppose; think.
Newman. You'll pass muster! a proper fine fellow.
Doolittle. I calcul...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Wheel
·vi To roll forward.
II. Wheel ·noun The burden or refrain of a song.
III. Wheel ·noun A turn revo...
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Wheel
(Heb. galgal; rendered "wheel" in Ps. 83:13, and "a rolling thing" in Isa. 17:13; R.V. in both, "whi...
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wheel
a whirlpool. Lane. From the Saxon W^EL, a vortex of water, or whirlpool. N.
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wheel
A general name for the helm, by which the tiller and rudder are worked in steering the ship; it has ...
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count-fish
n.
a large Schnapper (q.v.). See Cock-Schnapper.
1874. `Sydney Mail,' `Fishes and Fishing in New S...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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count-muster
n.
a gathering, especially ofsheep or cattle in order to count them.
1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Syd...
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Archibald wheel
·add. ·- A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, ·esp. adapted for artillery carriage...
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Artillery wheel
·add. ·- A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually h...
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Balance wheel
·- A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.
II. Bal...
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Brush wheel
·- A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, ·etc., for polishing.
II. ...
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Car wheel
·- A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
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Catharine wheel
·- ·see catherine wheel.
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Catherine wheel
·- A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name.
II. Catherine whe...
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Chain wheel
·- A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.
II. Chain wheel ·- An inversion of the chain pump, by which i...
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Crown wheel
·- A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane;
— called also a contrate wheel or f...
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Ferris wheel
·add. ·- An amusement device consisting of a giant power-driven steel wheel, revolvable on its stati...
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Fudge wheel
·- A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole.
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Pelton wheel
·add. ·- A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, consisting of a row of double cup-shaped buckets ...
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Pilot wheel
·add. ·- A wheel, usually with radial handles projecting from the rim, for traversing the saddle of ...
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Scape-wheel
·noun The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play...
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Side-wheel
·adj Having a paddle wheel on each side;
— said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
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Split wheel
·add. ·- = Split pulley.
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Sprocket wheel
·- ·same·as Chain wheel.
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Stern-wheel
·adj Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
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Stream wheel
·add. ·- A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water; a ...
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Tangent wheel
·add. ·- A wheel with tangent spokes.
II. Tangent wheel ·add. ·- A worm or worm wheel; a tangent sc...
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Traction wheel
·add. ·- A locomotive driving wheel which acts by friction adhesion to a smooth track.
II. Traction...
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Trammel wheel
·add. ·- A circular plate or a cross, with two or more cross grooves intersecting at the center, use...
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Water wheel
·- The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
II. Water wheel ·- A wheel for raising water; a noria, or th...
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Wheel base
·add. ·- The figure inclosed by lines through the points contact of the wheels of a vehicle, ·etc., ...
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Wheel-shaped
·adj Shaped like a wheel.
II. Wheel-shaped ·adj Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with...
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Wheel-worn
·adj Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.
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The Catherine Wheel
A house so called in the parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane, demised 28 Eliz. for the use of the par...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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coach wheel
A half crown piece is a fore coach wheel, and a crown piece a hind coach wheel; the fore wheels of a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wheel-horse
An intimate friend; one's right hand man. Western.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fly-wheel
The regulator of a machine.
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lee-wheel
The assistant to the helmsman.
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sproket-wheel
That at the upper extremities of the chain-pump-tubes, worked by crank-handles.
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weather-wheel
The position of the man who steers a large ship, from his standing on the weather-side of the wheel....
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wheel-house
A small round-house erected in some ships over the steering-wheel for the shelter of the helmsman.
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wheel-lock
A small machine attached to the old musket for producing sparks of fire.
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wheel-ropes
Ropes rove through a block on each side of the deck, and led round the barrel of the steering-wheel....
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Wheel of fortune
·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...
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Bell Wheel Alley
West out of Mark Lane, nearly opposite Hart Street. In Tower Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
No...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Catherine Wheel Alley
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 192, extending east to Middlesex Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsg...
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Catherine Wheel Court
South out of Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (Horwood, 1799).
Former names : "Catherine Wheel...
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Catherine Wheel Inn
On the east side of Bishopsgate, south of Catherine Wheel Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and...
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Catherine Wheel Yard
1) South out of London Wall, east of Basinghall Street (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). In Cripplegate Wa...
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George Wheel Alley
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Katherine Wheel Inn
On the south side of London Wall. In Cripplegate Ward Within, east of Basinghall Street (Strype, 172...
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Spinning Wheel Alley
A garden at the corner of "Spinning Wheel Alley," Moorlields, in parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate,...
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to trig a wheel
To stop a wheel so as to prevent its going backwards or forwards.--Bailey. Still used in New England...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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scotch a wheel
to stop it from going backward. Lane.
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wheel and axle
A well-known mechanical power, to which belong all turning or wheel machines, as cranes, capstans, w...
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Bell and Wheel Alley
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
Other names : "Bell ...
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Bell and Wheel Yard
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
Other names : "Bell ...
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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The Katherine Wheel, East Smithfield
West of Hermitage Dock (Rocque, 1746). A tenement called "le Katheryn Whele" in East Smithfield was ...
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The Katherine Wheel, Aldersgate Street
A capital messuage called the "Katheryne Wheale," in parish of St. Botolph without Aldersgate, in th...
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The Katherine Wheel, Newgate Street
Tenement called Tabne now called "la Katerine Whele" in poch sci Nichi infra Newgate and situm est i...
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Katherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Katherine Wheel Inn, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Inn.
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barrel of the wheel
The cylinder round which the tiller-ropes are wound.
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cogs of a wheel
; applies to all wheel machinery now used at sea or on shore: thus windlass-cogs, capstan-cogs, &c.
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Cat and Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Snow Hill
See Catherine Wheel Court.
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Thames Street
See Katherine Well Alley.
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Catherine Wheel and George Yard
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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George and Catherine Wheel Alley
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 260 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
First mention: Lo...
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Katherine Wheel Alley, Snow Hill
See Catherine Wheel Court.
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Katherine Wheel and George Alley
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Katherine Wheel Yard, Chick Lane
See Catherine Wheel Yard.
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