pinwheel
nounA toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic pinned to a stick so that they revolve when blown on.
nounA firework that forms a rotating wheel of colored flames.
nounA wheel with a circle of pins at right angles to its face, used as a tripping device.
In tanning, to subject to the action of the pinwheel.
nounA contrate wheel in which the cogs are pins set into the disk.
nounIn tanning, a stout circular box containing warm water or water and melted tallow, in which hides are rolled about over strong wooden pins fastened to the inner circumference of the box.
nounA kind of firework, consisting of a long paper case filled with a combustible composition and wound spirally about a disk of pasteboard or wood. When it is supported vertically on a pivot, and ignited, it revolves rapidly, forming a wheel of fire.
nouna fake
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A cogged (toothed) gear.
