Catherine wheel
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Catherine wheel
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Saint Catherine of Alexandria was said to have been sentenced to execution on such a wheel, which shattered at her touch.
noun Catherine wheels · Catharine wheel · Catharine-wheel · Catherine-wheel · catherine wheel · catherine-wheel
- A breaking wheel. Sorcerers are too common; cunning men, wizards, and white witches […] have commonly St. Catherine's wheel printed in the roof of their mouth, or in some other part about them […]
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A firework that rotates when lit.
[Karoline] Leavitt threw Roman candles, Catherine wheels and smoke bombs in the air in the hope of distracting reporters. But she was unable to quash the nagging suspicion that Donald Trump has something to hide.
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- A cartwheel move. […] she went on, making turns and twists, flourishing her skirts, kicking higher and higher, and finally, among a volley of shouts, fell on her hands and turned head over heels in a magnificent catherine-wheel; then scrambling to her feet again, she tumbled into the arms of a young man standing in t
- A rose window.
Talk about this word "Catherine wheel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/catherine%20wheel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Catherine wheel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/catherine%20wheel "Catherine wheel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/catherine%20wheel.Cite this
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title = {Catherine wheel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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