wheeling

4 definitions found

wheeling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wheeling \Wheel"ing\, n.
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     1. The act of conveying anything, or traveling, on wheels, or
        in a wheeled vehicle.
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     2. The act or practice of using a cycle; cycling.
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     3. Condition of a road or roads, which admits of passing on
        wheels; as, it is good wheeling, or bad wheeling.
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     4. A turning, or circular movement.
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  Wheel \Wheel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheeled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Wheeling.]
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     1. To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel
        a load of hay or wood.
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     2. To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or
        revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a
        circle. "The beetle wheels her droning flight." --Gray.
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              Now heaven, in all her glory, shone, and rolled
              Her motions, as the great first mover's hand
              First wheeled their course.           --Milton.
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wheeling - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Wheeling
      n 1: a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the
           Ohio river
      2: propelling something on wheels [syn: wheeling, rolling]

wheeling - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Wheeling, IL (village, FIPS 81087)
    Location: 42.13050 N, 87.92364 W
    Population (1990): 29911 (12998 housing units)
    Area: 21.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 60090
  Wheeling, MO (city, FIPS 79180)
    Location: 39.78659 N, 93.38643 W
    Population (1990): 284 (127 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 64688
  Wheeling, WV (city, FIPS 86452)
    Location: 40.07507 N, 80.69700 W
    Population (1990): 34882 (17128 housing units)
    Area: 35.7 sq km (land), 4.9 sq km (water)