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wharve

[hwawrv, wawrv]
–noun
Spinning. a wheel or round piece of wood on a spindle, serving as a flywheel or as a pulley.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME wherve, OE hweorfa; deriv. of hwerfan to revolve
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