(obsolete, Yorkshire) A solid cartwheel (rather than one with spokes)
cogwheel
cogwheel
noun
(attributive) Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.
A gear wheel.
cogwheels
cogwheels
noun
plural of cogwheel
coughweed
counterthwarting
counterweigh
counterweigh
verb
(intransitive) To act as counterbalance (against something).
(transitive) To counterbalance; to balance out.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighing
counterweighing
verb
present participle of counterweigh
counterweight
counterweight
noun
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
verb
(transitive) To fit with a counterweight.
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
counterweights
counterweights
noun
plural of counterweight
cowhage
cowhages
cowleeching
cowleeching
noun
(obsolete) The work of a cowleech, giving medical treatment to cows.
dogwatches
dogwatches
noun
plural of dogwatch
oswegatchie
overwatching
overwatching
verb
present participle of overwatch
watchdogged
watchdogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of watchdog
weighlock
weighlock
noun
A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.