noun
Meaning 1
The inner wheel of a mill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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inwheel
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verb
Meaning 2
To encircle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
Examples
- B. and PI, Pilgrim, i, 8. Heaven's grace inwheel ye, and all good thoughts and prayers dwell about ye.
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English in- Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwekwléh2 Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English inwheel From in- (“within”) + wheel.
Etymology tree English in- Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwekwléh2 Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English inwheel From in- (forming verbs) + wheel.