Wheeler
['wiːlə] or ['hwilɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling.
(noun.) Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976).
Typed by Levi--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who wheels, or turns.
(n.) A maker of wheels; a wheelwright.
(n.) A wheel horse. See under Wheel.
(n.) A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.
(n.) A worker on sewed muslin.
(n.) The European goatsucker.
Editor: Paula
Examples
- A four-wheeler was at the door at eleven, and in it we drove to a spot at the other side of Hammersmith Bridge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In this business Mr. Nathaniel Wheeler was associated with Mr. Wilson, and the well-known Wheeler & Wilson machines are the result of their enterprise and ingenuity. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This type of two-wheeler, however, finds favor among those who like power and speed but in modified form. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These with other improvements made up the celebrated Wheeler and Wilson machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Copeland, two Californian experimenters, are credited with the next known effort to produce a two-wheeler which would travel by its own power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At this point Wheeler, who had been ordered from Tennessee, arrived and swelled the numbers and efficiency of the troops confronting Sherman. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My client is outside in a four-wheeler. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now, Mr. McFarlane, two of my constables are at the door, and there is a four-wheeler waiting. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Send the boy for a four-wheeler, and we shall be off at once. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Contemporaneous with the Wheeler & Wilson machine were other excellent machines, among which may be mentioned the Singer machine, patented Aug. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A four-wheeler was brought, and we all three drove back in it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Sherlock Holmes hailed a four-wheeler which was passing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- About the same time Wheeler got upon our railroad north of Resaca and destroyed it nearly up to Dalton. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If you will call a four-wheeler, Hopkins, we shall be ready to start for Forest Row in a quarter of an hour. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I will order a four-wheeler. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Nancy