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Breaking wheel — The breaking wheel, also known as the Catherine wheel or simply the wheel, was a torture device used for capital punishment in the Middle Ages and early modern times for public execution by bludgeoning to death. It was used during the Middle Ages … Wikipedia
Wheel (disambiguation) — Wheel can refer to:* Wheel, the circular object that, together with an axle, rolls to allow low friction in motion * Breaking wheel, a medieval execution device * Dharmacakra, in Hinduism and the Buddha s teaching of the path to enlightenment. It … Wikipedia
Wheel of death — may refer to:* Wheel of death (Space wheel), a large rotating apparatus on which acrobatic and balancing feats are performed * Wheel of death (Impalement arts), a stunt performed by knife throwers * Wheel of Death , an episode of the American… … Wikipedia
Wheel — A wheel is a circular device that is capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation whilst supporting a load (mass), or performing labour in machines. A wheel, together with an axle overcomes friction by facilitating… … Wikipedia
Breaking Vegas — is a television series that premiered on The History Channel in the United States in the Spring of 2004. The series covers the great lengths people have gone to make money, often illegally, from casinos. It premiered in Pakistan on January… … Wikipedia
Wheel of Time locations — A map of the Lands between the Mountains of Dhoom, the Aryth Ocean, the Sea of Storms and the Spine of the World. This article is about countries, cities, towns, and other important locations in Robert Jordan s The Wheel of Time fantasy fiction… … Wikipedia
Breaking — Break Break (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show) — This article is about Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show). For other uses, see Wheel of Fortune (disambiguation). Wheel of Fortune Wheel of Fortune logo Format Game show Created by … Wikipedia
Wheel of Fortune (game show) in different countries — The Wheel of Fortune has had a number of versions in different countries:Australia Main articles: Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show) and Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune Wheel of Fortune has had a long history in Australia, with the original… … Wikipedia
WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE — a very barbarous mode of inflicting death at one time, in which the limbs of the victim were stretched along the spokes of a wheel, and the wheel being turned rapidly round, the limbs were broken by repeated blows from an iron bar; this is… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
