See whel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: wheel"
},
{
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{
"args": {
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"2": "wīra",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Maori: wīra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Maori: wīra"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Scots: quhel, quhele, quheil, quheile"
},
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"1": "sco",
"2": "wheel"
},
"expansion": "Scots: wheel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "wheel"
},
"expansion": "Yola: wheel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: wheel"
}
],
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"2": "ang",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hweulu"
},
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},
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"2": "gem-pro",
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},
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},
{
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"3": "*kʷékʷlos"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"tags": [
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]
}
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},
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},
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}
],
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"word": "whelbarwe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whelere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whelwryghte"
}
],
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{
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"A wheel (circular device for motion):",
"The wheel as a symbol of fluctuation or repetition."
],
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"links": [
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"circular",
"circular#English"
],
[
"device",
"device#English"
],
[
"motion",
"motion#English"
],
[
"symbol",
"symbol"
],
[
"fluctuation",
"fluctuation"
],
[
"repetition",
"repetition"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 70 16 5 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 75 18 2 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 63 25 5 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Simple machines",
"orig": "enm:Simple machines",
"parents": [
"Machines",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
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"A wheel (circular device for motion):",
"A breaking wheel; a wheel used as for torture."
],
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[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"circular",
"circular#English"
],
[
"device",
"device#English"
],
[
"motion",
"motion#English"
],
[
"breaking wheel",
"breaking wheel"
],
[
"torture",
"torture"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A wheel as or in a machine (e.g. a waterwheel; a potter's wheel)."
],
"id": "en-whel-enm-noun-mEpZ3p6Q",
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[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"machine",
"machine"
],
[
"waterwheel",
"waterwheel#English"
],
[
"potter's wheel",
"potter's wheel#English"
]
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "2 34 8 53 3",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
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"parents": [
"Sciences",
"Space",
"All topics",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A circular movement or figure (especially in astronomy)."
],
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"links": [
[
"circular",
"circular"
],
[
"movement",
"movement"
],
[
"figure",
"figure"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A hinge or pivot for a gate."
],
"id": "en-whel-enm-noun-tJj~IWY5",
"links": [
[
"hinge",
"hinge"
],
[
"pivot",
"pivot"
],
[
"gate",
"gate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A hinge or pivot for a gate."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/hweːl/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ȝweol"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hwel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "qweel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "qwel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "qwele"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "qwell"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "qweyll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wele"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wheel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wheele"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whele"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whelle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wheol"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wheyle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wheylle"
}
],
"word": "whel"
}
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"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Astronomy",
"enm:Simple machines"
],
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wheel"
},
"expansion": "English: wheel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: wheel"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mi",
"2": "wīra",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Maori: wīra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Maori: wīra"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-msc",
"2": "quhel",
"3": "quhele",
"4": "quheil",
"5": "quheile"
},
"expansion": "Middle Scots: quhel, quhele, quheil, quheile",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Scots: quhel, quhele, quheil, quheile"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "wheel"
},
"expansion": "Scots: wheel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: wheel"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "wheel"
},
"expansion": "Yola: wheel",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: wheel"
}
],
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"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hwēol"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hweulu"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwehwlą"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷékʷlos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos",
"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"form": "wheles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"name": "head"
},
{
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},
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}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "whelbarwe"
},
{
"word": "whelen"
},
{
"word": "whelere"
},
{
"word": "whelwryghte"
}
],
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"A wheel (circular device for motion):",
"The wheel as a symbol of fluctuation or repetition."
],
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[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"circular",
"circular#English"
],
[
"device",
"device#English"
],
[
"motion",
"motion#English"
],
[
"symbol",
"symbol"
],
[
"fluctuation",
"fluctuation"
],
[
"repetition",
"repetition"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A wheel (circular device for motion):",
"A breaking wheel; a wheel used as for torture."
],
"links": [
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"circular",
"circular#English"
],
[
"device",
"device#English"
],
[
"motion",
"motion#English"
],
[
"breaking wheel",
"breaking wheel"
],
[
"torture",
"torture"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A wheel as or in a machine (e.g. a waterwheel; a potter's wheel)."
],
"links": [
[
"wheel",
"wheel"
],
[
"machine",
"machine"
],
[
"waterwheel",
"waterwheel#English"
],
[
"potter's wheel",
"potter's wheel#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A circular movement or figure (especially in astronomy)."
],
"links": [
[
"circular",
"circular"
],
[
"movement",
"movement"
],
[
"figure",
"figure"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A hinge or pivot for a gate."
],
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[
"hinge",
"hinge"
],
[
"pivot",
"pivot"
],
[
"gate",
"gate"
]
],
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"(rare) A hinge or pivot for a gate."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
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}
],
"sounds": [
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}
],
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{
"word": "ȝweol"
},
{
"word": "hwel"
},
{
"word": "qweel"
},
{
"word": "qwel"
},
{
"word": "qwele"
},
{
"word": "qwell"
},
{
"word": "qweyll"
},
{
"word": "wele"
},
{
"word": "wheel"
},
{
"word": "wheele"
},
{
"word": "whele"
},
{
"word": "whelle"
},
{
"word": "wheol"
},
{
"word": "wheyle"
},
{
"word": "wheylle"
}
],
"word": "whel"
}
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