Meaning of Catherine wheel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A breaking wheel, or wheel with spikes on it.
   historical
2. A firework that rotates when lit.
3. A cartwheel move.
4. A rose window.

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Examples

“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 […]”

“[…] her tortures consisted of being broken on a wheel (later called Catherine wheel), but the machine broke down injuring bystanders; Catherine was beheaded.”

“She only lied to the boy to keep⟳ him from hurt⟳, and for her sin her intestines were pulled from her on a Catherine wheel.”

“[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⟳.”

“[…] 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 the front of the ring⟳.”

“We did a Catharine-wheel together down the passage. Somehow we gathered up a chair upon our way, and bounded on with it towards the street.”

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