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wheel about
wheel and axle
wheel animalcule
wheel around
wheel bug
wheel clamp
wheel horse
wheel in
wheel lock
wheel of fortune
wheel out
wheel round
wheel-thrown
wheel well (1)
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wheel lock
wheel lock (plural wheel locks)


noun 
Definition:
 
gunlock used in obsolete guns: in some old firearms, a firing mechanism in which a steel spring-wound wheel strikes sparks from a piece of iron pyrite
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