Balance wheel |
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. |
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Balance wheel |
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). |
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Balance wheel |
A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel. |
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Brush wheel |
A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. |
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Brush wheel |
A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing. |
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Scape |
A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like. |
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Scape |
The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect. |
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Scape |
The shaft of a column. |
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Scape |
The apophyge of a shaft. |
n. |
Scape |
To escape. |
v. t. & i. |
Scape |
An escape. |
n. |
Scape |
Means of escape; evasion. |
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Scape |
A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. |
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Scape |
Loose act of vice or lewdness. |
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Side-wheel |
Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer. |
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Sprocket wheel |
Same as Chain wheel. |
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Stern-wheel |
Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer. |
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Water wheel |
Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc. |
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Water wheel |
The paddle wheel of a steam vessel. |
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Water wheel |
A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like. |
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