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Catherine wheel

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Catherine wheel/ˈkaθrɪnwiːl/

▶noun

1 Brit. a firework in the form of a spinning coil.

2 Heraldry a wheel with curved spikes projecting around the circumference.

– origin C16: named after St Catherine, with ref. to her martyrdom on a spiked wheel.

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