Wheel"er (?), n.
1.
One who wheels, or turns.
2.
A maker of wheels; a wheelwright.
[Obs.]
3.
A wheel horse. See under Wheel.
4. Naut.
A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.
5.
A worker on sewed muslin.
[Eng.]
6. Zool.
The European goatsucker.
[Prov. Eng.]
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