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wharve

American

[hwawrv, wawrv] / ʰwɔrv, wɔrv /

noun

Spinning. a wheel or round piece of wood on a spindle, serving as a flywheel or as a pulley.

wharve British

/ wɔːv /

noun

a wooden disc or wheel on a shaft serving as a flywheel or pulley

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Etymology

Origin of wharve

before 1000; Middle English wherve, Old English hweorfa; derivative of hwerfan to revolve

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