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catharine wheel

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cath⋅ar⋅ine wheel

[kath-rin, -er-in] .

Catherine wheel

–noun
1. a firework that revolves on a pin, making a wheel of fire or sparks; pinwheel.
2. wheel window.


Origin:
1175–1225; ME; named after St. Catherine of Alexandria, from wheel used to torture her
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