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urchin
(encz) | urchin,darebák Zdeněk Brož |
urchin
(encz) | urchin,rošťák Zdeněk Brož |
urchin
(encz) | urchin,uličník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Urchin
(gcide) | Urchin \Ur"chin\ ([^u]"ch[i^]n), n. [OE. urchon, irchon, a
hedgehog, OF. ire[,c]on, eri[,c]on, heri[,c]on, herichon, F.
h['e]risson, a derivative fr. L. ericius, from er a hedgehog,
for her; akin to Gr. chh`r. Cf. Herisson.]
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1. (Zool.) A hedgehog.
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2. (Zool.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
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3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a
hedgehog. "We 'll dress [them] like urchins, ouphes, and
fairies." --Shak.
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4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a
boy.
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And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes
Forever on watch ran off each with a prize. --W.
Howitt.
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You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but
where's the girl that won't dissemble for an
husband? --Goldsmith.
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5. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders,
arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its
fancied resemblance to the hedgehog. --Knight.
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Urchin fish (Zool.), a diodon.
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Urchin
(gcide) | Urchin \Ur"chin\, a.
Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.] "Helping all urchin blasts."
--Milton.
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urchin
(wn) | urchin
n 1: poor and often mischievous city child |
urchin
(foldoc) | munchkin
urchin
/muhnch'kin/ [Squeaky-voiced little people in L. Frank Baum's
"The Wizard of Oz"] A teenage-or-younger micro enthusiast
hacking BASIC or something else equally constricted. A term
of mild derision - munchkins are annoying but some grow up
to be hackers after passing through a larval stage. The
term urchin is also used. See also wannabee, bitty box.
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urchin
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See munchkin.
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edible sea urchin
(encz) | edible sea urchin, n: |
heart urchin
(encz) | heart urchin, n: |
lurching
(encz) | lurching, adj: |
sea urchin
(encz) | sea urchin,ježovka n: ostnokožec kulovitého tvaru Jirka Daněk |
street urchin
(encz) | street urchin, n: |
Cake urchin
(gcide) | Cake \Cake\ (k[=a]k), n. [OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw.
& Icel. kaka, D. koek, G.kuchen, OHG. chuocho.]
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1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from
unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.
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2. A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients,
leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any
size or shape.
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3. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or
pancake; as buckwheat cakes.
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4. A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a
solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than
high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake.
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Cakes of rusting ice come rolling down the flood.
--Dryden.
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Cake urchin (Zool), any species of flat sea urchins
belonging to the Clypeastroidea.
Oil cake the refuse of flax seed, cotton seed, or other
vegetable substance from which oil has been expressed,
compacted into a solid mass, and used as food for cattle,
for manure, or for other purposes.
To have one's cake dough, to fail or be disappointed in
what one has undertaken or expected. --Shak.
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Churching
(gcide) | Church \Church\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Churched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Churching.]
To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in
publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance
from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.
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Heart urchin
(gcide) | Heart \Heart\ (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS.
heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza,
G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha['i]rt[=o], Lith.
szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi`a,
kh^r. [root]277. Cf. Accord, Discord, Cordial, 4th
Core, Courage.]
1. (Anat.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting
rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
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Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! --Shak.
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Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is
four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle being
completely separated from the left auricle and
ventricle; and the blood flows from the systemic veins
to the right auricle, thence to the right ventricle,
from which it is forced to the lungs, then returned to
the left auricle, thence passes to the left ventricle,
from which it is driven into the systemic arteries. See
Illust. under Aorta. In fishes there are but one
auricle and one ventricle, the blood being pumped from
the ventricle through the gills to the system, and
thence returned to the auricle. In most amphibians and
reptiles, the separation of the auricles is partial or
complete, and in reptiles the ventricles also are
separated more or less completely. The so-called lymph
hearts, found in many amphibians, reptiles, and birds,
are contractile sacs, which pump the lymph into the
veins.
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2. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively
or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the
like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; --
usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the
better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all
our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and
character; the moral affections and character itself; the
individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender,
loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart.
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Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain. --Emerson.
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3. The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and
within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or
system; the source of life and motion in any organization;
the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of
energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country,
of a tree, etc.
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Exploits done in the heart of France. --Shak.
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Peace subsisting at the heart
Of endless agitation. --Wordsworth.
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4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
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Eve, recovering heart, replied. --Milton.
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The expelled nations take heart, and when they fly
from one country invade another. --Sir W.
Temple.
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5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile
production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
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That the spent earth may gather heart again.
--Dryden.
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6. That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a
roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point
at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation,
-- used as a symbol or representative of the heart.
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7. One of the suits of playing cards, distinguished by the
figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.
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8. Vital part; secret meaning; real intention.
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And then show you the heart of my message. --Shak.
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9. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address. "I
speak to thee, my heart." --Shak.
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Note: Heart is used in many compounds, the most of which need
no special explanation; as, heart-appalling,
heart-breaking, heart-cheering, heart-chilled,
heart-expanding, heart-free, heart-hardened,
heart-heavy, heart-purifying, heart-searching,
heart-sickening, heart-sinking, heart-sore,
heart-stirring, heart-touching, heart-wearing,
heart-whole, heart-wounding, heart-wringing, etc.
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After one's own heart, conforming with one's inmost
approval and desire; as, a friend after my own heart.
The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart.
--1 Sam. xiii.
14.
At heart, in the inmost character or disposition; at
bottom; really; as, he is at heart a good man.
By heart, in the closest or most thorough manner; as, to
know or learn by heart. "Composing songs, for fools to get
by heart" (that is, to commit to memory, or to learn
thoroughly). --Pope.
to learn by heart, to memorize.
For my heart, for my life; if my life were at stake. [Obs.]
"I could not get him for my heart to do it." --Shak.
Heart bond (Masonry), a bond in which no header stone
stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the
middle, and their joint is covered by another stone laid
header fashion. --Knight.
Heart and hand, with enthusiastic co["o]peration.
Heart hardness, hardness of heart; callousness of feeling;
moral insensibility. --Shak.
Heart heaviness, depression of spirits. --Shak.
Heart point (Her.), the fess point. See Escutcheon.
Heart rising, a rising of the heart, as in opposition.
Heart shell (Zool.), any marine, bivalve shell of the genus
Cardium and allied genera, having a heart-shaped shell;
esp., the European Isocardia cor; -- called also {heart
cockle}.
Heart sickness, extreme depression of spirits.
Heart and soul, with the utmost earnestness.
Heart urchin (Zool.), any heartshaped, spatangoid sea
urchin. See Spatangoid.
Heart wheel, a form of cam, shaped like a heart. See Cam.
In good heart, in good courage; in good hope.
Out of heart, discouraged.
Poor heart, an exclamation of pity.
To break the heart of.
(a) To bring to despair or hopeless grief; to cause to be
utterly cast down by sorrow.
(b) To bring almost to completion; to finish very nearly;
-- said of anything undertaken; as, he has broken the
heart of the task.
To find in the heart, to be willing or disposed. "I could
find in my heart to ask your pardon." --Sir P. Sidney.
To have at heart, to desire (anything) earnestly.
To have in the heart, to purpose; to design or intend to
do.
To have the heart in the mouth, to be much frightened.
To lose heart, to become discouraged.
To lose one's heart, to fall in love.
To set the heart at rest, to put one's self at ease.
To set the heart upon, to fix the desires on; to long for
earnestly; to be very fond of.
To take heart of grace, to take courage.
To take to heart, to grieve over.
To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve, to expose one's
feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive.
With all one's heart, With one's whole heart, very
earnestly; fully; completely; devotedly.
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Keyhole urchin
(gcide) | Keyhole \Key"hole`\, n.
1. A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key.
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2.
(a) (Carp.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be
joined together, to receive the key which fastens
them.
(b) (Mach.) a mortise for a key or cotter.
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Keyhole limpet (Zool.), a marine gastropod of the genus
Fissurella and allied genera. See Fissurella.
Keyhole saw, a narrow, slender saw, used in cutting
keyholes, etc., as in doors; a kind of compass saw or fret
saw.
Keyhole urchin (Zool.), any one of numerous clypeastroid
sea urchins, of the genera Melitta, Rotula, and
Encope; -- so called because they have one or more
perforations resembling keyholes.
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Lurching
(gcide) | Lurch \Lurch\ (l[^u]rch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurched
(l[^u]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Lurching.]
To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken
man; to move forward while lurching.
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Sea urchin
(gcide) | Sea urchin \Sea" ur"chin\ (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of the order
Echinoidea.
Note: When living they are covered with movable spines which
are often long and sharp.
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Urchin
(gcide) | Urchin \Ur"chin\ ([^u]"ch[i^]n), n. [OE. urchon, irchon, a
hedgehog, OF. ire[,c]on, eri[,c]on, heri[,c]on, herichon, F.
h['e]risson, a derivative fr. L. ericius, from er a hedgehog,
for her; akin to Gr. chh`r. Cf. Herisson.]
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1. (Zool.) A hedgehog.
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2. (Zool.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
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3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a
hedgehog. "We 'll dress [them] like urchins, ouphes, and
fairies." --Shak.
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4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a
boy.
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And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes
Forever on watch ran off each with a prize. --W.
Howitt.
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You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but
where's the girl that won't dissemble for an
husband? --Goldsmith.
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5. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders,
arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its
fancied resemblance to the hedgehog. --Knight.
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Urchin fish (Zool.), a diodon.
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Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.] "Helping all urchin blasts."
--Milton.
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Urchin fish
(gcide) | Urchin \Ur"chin\ ([^u]"ch[i^]n), n. [OE. urchon, irchon, a
hedgehog, OF. ire[,c]on, eri[,c]on, heri[,c]on, herichon, F.
h['e]risson, a derivative fr. L. ericius, from er a hedgehog,
for her; akin to Gr. chh`r. Cf. Herisson.]
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1. (Zool.) A hedgehog.
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2. (Zool.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
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3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a
hedgehog. "We 'll dress [them] like urchins, ouphes, and
fairies." --Shak.
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4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a
boy.
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And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes
Forever on watch ran off each with a prize. --W.
Howitt.
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You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but
where's the girl that won't dissemble for an
husband? --Goldsmith.
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5. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders,
arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its
fancied resemblance to the hedgehog. --Knight.
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Urchin fish (Zool.), a diodon.
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Wheel urchin
(gcide) | Wheel \Wheel\ (hw[=e]l), n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hwe['o]l,
hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hv[=e]l, Gr.
ky`klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hj[=o]l, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul.
[root]218. Cf. Cycle, Cyclopedia.]
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1. A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk,
whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes
or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted
the axle, -- used 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.
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The gasping charioteer beneath the wheel
Of his own car. --Dryden.
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2. Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting
of, a wheel. Specifically:
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(a) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.
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(b) An instrument of torture formerly used.
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His examination is like that which is made by
the rack and wheel. --Addison.
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Note: This mode of torture is said to have been first
employed in Germany, in the fourteenth century. The
criminal was laid on a cart wheel with his legs and
arms extended, and his limbs in that posture were
fractured with an iron bar. In France, where its use
was restricted to the most atrocious crimes, the
criminal was first laid on a frame of wood in the form
of a St. Andrew's cross, with grooves cut transversely
in it above and below the knees and elbows, and the
executioner struck eight blows with an iron bar, so as
to break the limbs in those places, sometimes finishing
by two or three blows on the chest or stomach, which
usually put an end to the life of the criminal, and
were hence called coups-de-grace -- blows of mercy. The
criminal was then unbound, and laid on a small wheel,
with his face upward, and his arms and legs doubled
under him, there to expire, if he had survived the
previous treatment. --Brande.
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(c) (Naut.) A circular frame having handles on the
periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the
tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder
for the purpose of steering.
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(d) (Pottery) A potter's wheel. See under Potter.
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Then I went down to the potter's house, and,
behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. --Jer.
xviii. 3.
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Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar
A touch can make, a touch can mar. --Longfellow.
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(e) (Pyrotechny) A firework which, while burning, is
caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the
escaping gases.
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(f) (Poetry) The burden or refrain of a song.
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Note: "This meaning has a low degree of authority, but is
supposed from the context in the few cases where the
word is found." --Nares.
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You must sing a-down a-down,
An you call him a-down-a.
O, how the wheel becomes it! --Shak.
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3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
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4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;
a disk; an orb. --Milton.
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5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
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According to the common vicissitude and wheel of
things, the proud and the insolent, after long
trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled
upon themselves. --South.
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[He] throws his steep flight in many an aery wheel.
--Milton.
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A wheel within a wheel, or Wheels within wheels, a
complication of circumstances, motives, etc.
Balance wheel. See in the Vocab.
Bevel wheel, Brake wheel, Cam wheel, Fifth wheel,
Overshot wheel, Spinning wheel, etc. See under Bevel,
Brake, etc.
Core wheel. (Mach.)
(a) A mortise gear.
(b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden
cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.
Measuring wheel, an odometer, or perambulator.
Wheel and axle (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or
mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,
and used for raising great weights, by applying the power
to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the
weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called
also axis in peritrochio, and perpetual lever, -- the
principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the
lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical
powers}, under Mechanical.
Wheel animal, or Wheel animalcule (Zool.), any one of
numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the
anterior end.
Wheel barometer. (Physics) See under Barometer.
Wheel boat, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water
or upon inclined planes or railways.
Wheel bug (Zool.), a large North American hemipterous
insect (Prionidus cristatus) which sucks the blood of
other insects. So named from the curious shape of the
prothorax.
Wheel carriage, a carriage moving on wheels.
Wheel chains, or Wheel ropes (Naut.), the chains or ropes
connecting the wheel and rudder.
Wheel cutter, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear
wheels; a gear cutter.
Wheel horse, one of the 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.
(c) A kind of brake a carriage.
Wheel ore (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the
shape of its twin crystals. See Bournonite.
Wheel pit (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the
lower part of the fly wheel runs.
Wheel plow, or Wheel plough, a plow having one or two
wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate
the depth of the furrow.
Wheel press, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced
on, or off, their axles.
Wheel race, the place in which a water wheel is set.
Wheel rope (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under Tiller.
Wheel stitch (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's
web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.
--Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).
Wheel tree (Bot.), a tree (Aspidosperma excelsum) of
Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a
transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a
coarsely made wheel. See Paddlewood.
Wheel urchin (Zool.), any sea urchin of the genus Rotula
having a round, flat shell.
Wheel window (Arch.), a circular window having radiating
mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose
window}, under Rose.
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edible sea urchin
(wn) | edible sea urchin
n 1: a sea urchin that can be eaten [syn: edible sea urchin,
Echinus esculentus] |
heart urchin
(wn) | heart urchin
n 1: sea urchin having a heart-shaped body in a rigid spiny
shell |
sea urchin
(wn) | sea urchin
n 1: shallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in
thin spiny globular shells |
street urchin
(wn) | street urchin
n 1: a child who spends most of his time in the streets
especially in slum areas [syn: street urchin,
guttersnipe] |
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