Upwheel

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To wheel upward. intransitive, poetic

    "Like a loud trump of war, breaks forth thy song, / O Milton, where angelic hosts upwheel / To battle; or like deep-voiced organ peal / Filling with awe the mute adoring throng."

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"Like a loud trump of war, breaks forth thy song, / O Milton, where angelic hosts upwheel / To battle; or like deep-voiced organ peal / Filling with awe the mute adoring throng."

Etymology

From up- + wheel.

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