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Definition of Catherine wheel
1. Noun. A circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire.
Definition of Catherine wheel
1. Noun. A breaking wheel. ¹
2. Noun. (chiefly _ heraldry) The image of a breaking wheel, or wheel with spikes on it. ¹
3. Noun. A firework that rotates when lit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catherine Wheel
Literary usage of Catherine wheel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"a catherine wheel with a cross calvary projecting from it in chief arg.
Augus- (Catherine) WHEEL cant. tinian Nunnery at FJ. ..."
2. Coaching Days and Coaching Ways by William Outram Tristam (1888)
"... the Fly has resumed The catherine wheel, »• • Salisbury. its flight, and while
its passengers are busily discussing footpads from a personal experience, ..."
3. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1893)
"a Favourite Sign—The "Three Brushes "—The " catherine wheel "—The " Three
Widow» "—The " Old Pick my Toe "- Tokens of Inn-keepers. ..."
4. English Heraldry by Charles Boutell (1867)
"Made to represent brick or stone-work. No. 312. Shield at St. Michael's Church, St.
Alban's. No. 313.—Wake Knot. No. 315.—Wyvern. No 314.—catherine wheel. ..."
5. A Supplement to the Two Volumes of the Second Edition of The Essay on the by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"THE catherine wheel, as the inscription of the alehouse ; now represented by the
figure of a spiked wheel for the image of that by which St. Catherine ..."
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