A circular frame of wood, iron or other metal, consisting of a nave or hub, into which are inserted spokes which sustain a rim or felly; the whole turning on an axis. The name is also given to a solid circular or round piece of wood or metal, which revolves on an axis. The wheel and axle constitute one of the mechanical powers.

A circular body.

A carriage that moves on wheels.

An instrument for torturing criminals; as an examination made by the rack and the wheel.

A machine for spinning thread, of various kinds.

Rotation; revolution; turn; as the vicissitude and wheel of things.

A turning about; a compass. He throws his flight in many an airy wheel.

In pottery, a round board turned by a lathe in a horizontal position, on which the clay is shaped by the hand.

To convey on wheels; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.

To put into a rotary motion; to cause to turn round.

To turn on an axis.

To turn; to move round; as, a body of troops wheel to the right or left.

To fetch a compass. Then wheeling down the steep of heavn he flies.

To roll forward. Must wheel on th earth, devouring where it rolls.