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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wheeling \Wheel"ing\, n.
1. The act of conveying anything or traveling, on wheels, or
in a wheeled vehicle.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wheel \Wheel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wheeled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Wheeling}.]
1. To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as to wheel
a load of hay or wood.
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.
Now heaven, in all her glory, shone, and rolled Her
motions, as the great first mover's hand First
wheeled their course. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wheeling
adj : turning about an axis [syn: {revolving}, {rotating}, {turning}]
n 1: a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the
Ohio river [syn: {Wheeling}]
2: propelling something on wheels [syn: {rolling}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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)
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