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wheel⋅work

[hweel-wurk, weel-]
–noun
a train of gears, as in a timepiece.

Origin:
1660–70; wheel + work
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wheel·work   (hwēl'wûrk', wēl'-)   
n.  An arrangement of gears or wheels in a mechanical device.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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