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Scape-wheel

Scape-wheel \Scape"-wheel`\, n. (Horol.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.

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scape-wheel

n. The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into whose tooth the pallets play.