Thunder-wheel

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  1. 1
    One of a set of supposed heavenly wheels that cause thunder when they roll. literary

    "Nearer it came, and nearer yet, till it was close upon us, rolling down like all the thunder-wheels of heaven behind the horses of the lightning."

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"Nearer it came, and nearer yet, till it was close upon us, rolling down like all the thunder-wheels of heaven behind the horses of the lightning."

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