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adv. In any place. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. Sagittaria sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and Euphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among the ruins of Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

. 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

1. (Horology) (a) 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. (b) A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balæna mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Buck a beech tree + wheat; akin to D. boekweit, G. buchweizen. ] 1. (Bot.) A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the type of wheel used on a cart; it typically has wooden spokes and a metal rim. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an acrobatic maneuver in which the arms and legs are outstretched like the spokes of a wheel, and the body is turned sideways through one or more revolutions, by first touching the hands and then the feet to the ground, in rapid succession so as to mimic the rolling of a wheel; in the course of this feat, the person performing it is alternately upright and upside-down. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

3. a silver dollar; a dollar made of silver. [ Colloq. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. 1 to perform a cartwheel{ 2 }.
Syn. -- do cartwheels. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck. [ 1913 Webster ]

See catherine wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from St. Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in allusion to her martyrdom. ] 1. (Geoth.Arth.) Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Pyrotechny) A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. [ Written also Catharine wheel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Mil.) To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cowardly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lady Powis . . . patted him with her fan, and called him a cowhearted fellow. R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort; -- also called the cow-cockle.
Syn. -- cow cockle, cow-cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata, Saponaria vaccaria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. cūhyrde; cū cow + hyrde a herder. ] One whose occupation is to tend cows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A weed of the genus Melampyrum, with black seeds, found on European wheatfields. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Named from its resemblance to a crown. ] (Mach.) A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Railroad) The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to the drawgear. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Everywhere. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sky eachwhere did show full bright and fair. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Designating, made of, or relating to, flour including a considerable part of the bran; whole-wheat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

v. t. To encircle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The rotating wheel in an escapement mechanism which has notches that are periodically engaged and disengaged by the anchor. [ PJC ]

adv. At any or all times; every instant. [ R. ] “Eternal law is silently present everywhere and everywhen.” Carlyle.

adv. In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; thoroughly; altogether. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ubiquity; omnipresence. [ R. ] Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

An amusement device consisting of a giant power-driven vertically oriented steel wheel, revolvable on its horizontal stationary axle, and carrying a number of balanced passenger cars or open seats around its rim; the seats are suspended so as to remain horizontal as the wheel rotates, and, depending on the size of the wheel, the passengers when they reach the top may have a grand vista of the surrounding area; -- so called after G. W. G. Ferris, American engineer, who erected the first of its kind for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Ferris wheels are often found at traveling fairs and at permanent amusement parks. The Reisenrad in Vienna is one of the world's largest and most famous Ferris wheels. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. An annual of the central U. S. (Gaillardia pulchella) having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center.
Syn. -- blanket flower, Indian blanket, Gaillardia pulchella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A heavy wheel or disk which stores kinetic energy by rotating on a shaft, and by its momentum smoothes the operation of a reciprocating engine by reducing fluctuations of speed. It is used in certain types of machinery, such as automobiles. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

☞ Flywheels rotating at high speed have also been proposed as a means to store kinetic energy for use as a low-polluting source of energy in vehicles. [ PJC ]

a. Having four wheels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vehicle having four wheels; specifically, a hackney carriage with four weels. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Mach.) A clutch fitted in the rear hub of a cycle, which engages the rear sprocket with the rear wheel when the pedals are rotated forwards, but permits the rear wheel to run on free from the rear sprocket when the pedals are stopped or rotated backwards. Freewheelcycles are usually fitted with hub brakes or rim brakes, operated by back pedaling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. 1. (a) Of a freewheel cycle, to run on while the pedals are held still. (b) Of a person, to ride a cycle of this manner; to coast in a vehicle having a freewheel. To ride a freewheel cycle. [ wns=2 ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Mach.) To operate like a freewheel, so that one part moves freely over another which normally moves with it; -- said of a clutch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. To act without controls, external or internal; to live freely, independently, and without concern; -- of people. [ wns=1 ] [ PJC ]

n. Someone acting freely or even irresponsibly.
Syn. -- free agent, free spirit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Acting heedless of consequences; acting without controls, external or internal; as, freewheeling foolishness.
Syn. -- careless, irresponsible, reckless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Shoemaking) A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mach.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To encircle. [ R. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A type of wheat (Triticum durum) with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in South Russia, North Africa, and North central North America.
Syn. -- durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A program that delivers hot meals to persons, such as the elderly or disabled, who are confined to their homes and unable to cook for themselves; also, the meals thus delivered. Such programs are usually conducted by governmental or charitable organizations. [ PJC ]

n. a waterwheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill. [ WordNet 1.5 ]