Wheeler

·noun The European goatsucker.

II. Wheeler ·noun One who wheels, or turns.

III. Wheeler ·noun A worker on sewed muslin.

IV. Wheeler ·noun A maker of wheels; a wheelwright.

V. Wheeler ·noun A wheel horse. ·see under Wheel.

VI. Wheeler ·noun A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels;

— used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.

Four-wheeler
·noun A vehicle having four wheels. ...

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Stern-wheeler
·noun A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels. ...

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Shaw, Henry Wheeler ("Josh Billings")
(1818-1885) Humorist, b. in Massachusetts. After working on steam-boats and farming, he became an a...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin