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   paddle wheel
         n 1: a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine
               in order to propel a boat [syn: {paddlewheel}, {paddle
               wheel}]

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paddle-wheeler
n
  1. a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels [syn: {paddle steamer}, paddle-wheeler]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paddlewheel
n
  1. a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat
    Synonym(s): paddlewheel, paddle wheel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petiolule
n
  1. the stalk of a leaflet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Paddle \Pad"dle\, n. [See {Paddle}, v. i.]
      1. An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a
            fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.
  
      2. The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made;
            hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a
            paddle.
  
                     Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon. --Deut.
                                                                              xxiii. 13.
  
      3. One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference
            of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
  
      4. A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off
            water; -- also called {clough}.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.
  
      6. A paddle-shaped implement for string or mixing.
  
      7. [In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.]
            See {Paddle staff} (b), below. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Paddle beam} (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers
            supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam
            vessel.
  
      {Paddle board}. See {Paddle}, n., 3.
  
      {Paddle box}, the structure inclosing the upper part of the
            paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
  
      {Paddle shaft}, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle
            wheel of a steam vessel.
  
      {Paddle staff}.
            (a) A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole
                  catchers. [Prov. Eng.]
            (b) A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; --
                  called also {plow staff}. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Paddle steamer}, a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels,
            in distinction from a screw propeller.
  
      {Paddle wheel}, the propelling wheel of a steam vessel,
            having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and
            revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's
            length.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Patellula \[d8]Pa*tel"lu*la\, n.; pl. {Patellul[91]}. [NL.,
      dim. of L. patella. See {Patella}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Petiolulate \Pet`i*ol"u*late\, a. (Bot.)
      Supported by its own petiolule. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Petiolule \Pet"i*o*lule\, n. [Cf. F. p[82]tiolule.] (Bot.)
      A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Phthalyl \Phthal"yl\, n. [Phthalic + -yl.] (Chem.)
      The hypothetical radical of phthalic acid.
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