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wheel, break·ing on the
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Wheel, Breaking on the
a very barbarous mode of inflicting death at one time, in which the limbs of the victim were stretched along the spokes of a wheel, and the wheel being turned rapidly round, the limbs were broken by repeated blows from an iron bar; this is what the French roué means, applied figuratively to a person broken with dissipation, or what we call a rake.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wheel, breaking on the in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wheel, breaking on the in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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