wheeler

Definitions

1. 1.A maker of wheels; a wheelwright. [Obs.]
2. 2.A wheel horse. See under Wheel.
3. 3.(Naut.) A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.
4. 4.A worker on sewed muslin. [Eng.]
5. 5.(Zoöl.) The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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