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Wheel·ing
(wē′lĭng, hwē′-) A city of northwest West Virginia in the Panhandle on the Ohio River southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Settled in 1769, it was an important trading post on the Cumberland Road until the 1850s. Wheeling was the state capital from 1863 to 1870 and from 1875 to 1885.
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wheeling
(ˈwiːlɪŋ)n
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wheel•ing
(ˈʰwi lɪŋ, ˈwi-)n.
1. the act of a person who moves, travels, etc., on or as if on wheels.
2. a rotating or circular motion.
3. the condition of a road for travel by wheeled vehicles.
[1475–85]
Whee•ling
(ˈʰwi lɪŋ, ˈwi-)n.
a city in N West Virginia, on the Ohio River. 43,070.
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| Noun | 1. | Wheeling - a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river |
| 2. |  wheeling - propelling something on wheels actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling |
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