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Wheat
n.
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A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.
Wheatbird
n.
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A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
Wheatear
n.
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A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
Wheaten
a.
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Made of wheat; as, wheaten bread.
Wheatsel bird
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The male of the chaffinch.
Wheatstone's bridge
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See under Bridge.
Wheatworm
n.
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A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm.
Wheder
pron. & conj.
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Whether.
Wheedled
imp. & p. p.
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of Wheedle
Wheedling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Wheedle
Wheedle
v. t.
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To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
Wheedle
v. t.
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To grain, or get away, by flattery.
Wheedle
v. i.
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To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
Wheel
n.
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A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.
Wheel
n.
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Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel.
Wheel
n.
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A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.
Wheel
n.
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An instrument of torture formerly used.
Wheel
n.
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A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering.
Wheel
n.
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A potter's wheel. See under Potter.
Wheel
n.
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A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases.
Wheel
n.
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The burden or refrain of a song.
Wheel
n.
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A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
Wheel
n.
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A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb.
Wheel
n.
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A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
Wheeled
imp. & p. p.
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of Wheel
Wheeling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Wheel
Wheel
v. t.
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To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood.
Wheel
v. t.
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To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle.
Wheel
v. i.
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To turn on an axis, or as on an axis; to revolve; to more about; to rotate; to gyrate.
Wheel
v. i.
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To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot; to turn; as, the troops wheeled to the right.