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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WHEELING, ppr. Conveying on wheels or in a wheel-carriage; turning.
WHEELING, n.
1. The act of conveying on wheels.
2. The act of passing on wheels, or convenience for passing on wheels. We say, it is good wheeling, or bad wheeling, according to the state of the roads.
3. A turning or circular movement of troops embodied.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river
2: propelling something on wheels [syn: wheeling, rolling]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. the act or process of one that wheels 2. the condition of a road relative to passage on wheels

Merriam Webster's

geographical name 1. village NE Illinois NNE of Chicago population 34,496 2. city N West Virginia on Ohio River population 31,419

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wheeling Wheel"ing, n. 1. The act of conveying anything, or traveling, on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle. 2. The act or practice of using a cycle; cycling. 3. Condition of a road or roads, which admits of passing on wheels; as, it is good wheeling, or bad wheeling. 4. A turning, or circular movement.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wheel Wheel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wheeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheeling.] 1. To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle; as, to wheel a load of hay or wood. 2. To put into a rotatory motion; to cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; to make or perform in a circle. ``The beetle wheels her droning flight.'' --Gray. Now heaven, in all her glory, shone, and rolled Her motions, as the great first mover's hand First wheeled their course. --Milton.