Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON'TRATE-WHEEL
CON'TRA-TEN-ORCON-TRA-VAL-LA'TION
CON'TRATE-WHEEL, n.
In watch work, the wheel next to the crown, the teeth and hoop of which lie contrary to those of the other wheels, whence its name.
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