2. The act or practice of using a cycle; cycling.
3. Condition of a road or roads, which admits of passing on wheels; as, it is good wheeling, or bad wheeling.
4. A turning, or circular movement.
Wheelman
(Wheel"man) n.; pl. Wheelmen One who rides a bicycle or tricycle; a cycler, or cyclist.
Wheel-shaped
(Wheel"-shaped`) a.
1. Shaped like a wheel.
2. (Bot.) Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla.
Wheelswarf
(Wheel"swarf`) n. See Swarf.
Wheelwork
(Wheel"work`) n. (Mach.) A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or
mechanism.
Wheel-worn
(Wheel"-worn`) a. Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.
Wheelwright
(Wheel"wright`) n. A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled
vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.
Wheely
(Wheel"y) a. Circular; suitable to rotation.
Wheen
(Wheen) n. [Cf. AS. hwne, hwne, a little, somewhat, hwn little, few.] A quantity; a goodly
number. [Scot.] "A wheen other dogs." Sir W. Scott.
Wheeze
(Wheeze) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wheezed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing.] [OE. whesen, AS.
hwsan (cf. Icel. hvæsa to hiss, Sw. hväsa, Dan. hvæse); akin to AS. hwsta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten,
OHG. huosto, Icel. hsti, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. ks. &radic43. Cf. Husky hoarse.] To breathe
hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs."
Shak.
Wheeze
(Wheeze), n.
1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
2. (Phon.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage
whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
Wheezy
(Wheez"y) a. Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively.
Wheft
(Wheft) n. (Naut.) See Waft, n., 4.
Whelk
(Whelk) n. [OE. welk, wilk, AS. weoloc, weloc, wiloc. Cf. Whilk, and Wilk.] (Zoöl.) Any
one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially,
Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food
in Europe.
Whelk tingle, a dog whelk. See under Dog.
Whelk
(Whelk), n. [OE. whelke, dim. of whele. See Wheal a pustule.]
1. A papule; a pustule; acne. "His whelks white." Chaucer.
