Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Ruót-a, s. f. dim. Ruót-ína, Ruót-íno, aug. Ruót-óne,
1. a wheel. La — della fortuna, the wheel of fortune;2. round, circle, circumference, compass.Le stellate ruote, the heavens; 3. a wheel or turning-box (in convents); 4. the chief court of judicature in Rome; 5. the disc or face of the sun; 6. the punishment of the wheel; 7. the wheeling flight of the falcon, &c.;8. — di poppa, (naut. t.) wheel of the sternpost. — con denti, cog-wheel. La più cattiva — del carro sempre cigola, the worst wheel of the cart always creaks. Andar a —, to wheel about.
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