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wallower

wallower noun: a lantern wheel; a trundle. Also the agent noun of wallow.

Noun

wallower (plural wallowers)

  1. (dated) A lantern wheel; a trundle.
    • At each end of the water-wheel is a vertical shaft with wallowers[…]1847, Edward Cresy, An Encyclopaedia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical

Also used as

wallower is also the agent noun of wallow.

Forms of wallower

pluralwallowers

Origin of wallower

From wallow + -er.

Questions about wallower

What does wallower mean?
Wallower means a lantern wheel; a trundle.
What part of speech is wallower?
Wallower is a noun.
What is the plural of wallower?
The plural of wallower is wallowers.

Words near wallower in the dictionary

  1. Wallow Green
  2. wallow in the mire
  3. Wallowa
  4. Wallowa County
  5. wallowed
  6. wallower
  7. wallowers
  8. wallowest
  9. walloweth
  10. wallowing
  11. wallowingly

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