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Catherine wheel
Definitions
- 1 A breaking wheel, or wheel with spikes on it. historical
"Sorcerers are too common; cunning men, wizards, and white witches […] have commonly St. Catherine's wheel printed in the roof of their mouth, or in some other part about them […]"
- 2 a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire wordnet
- 3 A firework that rotates when lit.
"[Karoline] Leavitt threw Roman candles, Catherine wheels and smoke bombs in the air in the hope of distracting reporters. But she was unable to quash the nagging suspicion that Donald Trump has something to hide."
- 4 A cartwheel move.
"[…] she went on, making turns and twists, flourishing her skirts, kicking higher and higher, and finally, among a volley of shouts, fell on her hands and turned head over heels in a magnificent catherine-wheel; then scrambling to her feet again, she tumbled into the arms of a young man standing in the front of the ring."
- 5 A rose window.
Etymology
Saint Catherine of Alexandria was said to have been sentenced to execution on such a wheel, which shattered at her touch.
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