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paddle wheel |
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paddle wheel a large wheel fitted with paddles, turned by an engine to propel a vessel on the water paddle wheel [′pad·əl ‚wēl] (mechanical engineering) A device used to propel shallow-draft vessels, consisting of a wheel with paddles or floats on its circumference, the wheel rotating in a plane parallel to the ship's length. A wheel with paddles used to move leather in a processing vat. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He panted up the terrace only to disappear to the head in a wave of monkeys, but he threw himself squarely on his haunches, and, spreading out his forepaws, hugged as many as he could hold, and then began to hit with a regular bat-bat-bat, like the flipping strokes of a paddle wheel. |
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