WHEELWORK

wheelwork

(noun) mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wheelwork (usually uncountable, plural wheelworks)

An assembly of wheels serving a mechanical purpose.

Source: Wiktionary


Wheel"work`, n. (Mach.)

Definition: A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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