Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A box inclosing a wheel, either to lessen the noise of its action or for purposes of safety.
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Examples
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Captain Dettmar, white-faced, smiling only when his employer chanced to glance at him, leaned against the wheel-box, looking on.
Bunches of Knuckles 2010
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Directly afterwards, Tammy came running up to the lee side of the wheel-box.
The Ghost Pirates 2007
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Once he came right aft, and, stooping down, peered under the wheel-box; but never addressed a word to me.
The Ghost Pirates 2007
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Then, all at once, with a quick little gasp, he sprang across the wheel-box, and stood beside me, trembling.
The Ghost Pirates 2007
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And just then the Second Mate came back on to the poop, and Tammy cleared away from the wheel-box, leaving me with a worrying feeling that I ought to do something.
The Ghost Pirates 2007
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Then he leant across the wheel-box, and lowered his voice.
The Ghost Pirates 2007
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I went and sat on the wheel-box and she came and sat on the edge of the house, facing me.
The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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Captain Dettmar, white-faced, smiling only when his employer chanced to glance at him, leaned against the wheel-box, looking on.
Bunches of Knuckles 1913
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And just then the Second Mate came back on to the poop, and Tammy cleared away from the wheel-box, leaving me with a worrying feeling that I ought to do something.
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Once he came right aft, and, stooping down, peered under the wheel-box; but never addressed a word to me.
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