Look up catherine wheel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Catherine wheel may refer to: wheel or breaking wheel, an instrument of torturous execution...
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Catherine Wheel were an English alternative rock band from Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. The band was active from 1990 to 2000, releasing five full-length...
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The Catherine wheel or pinwheel is a type of firework consisting either of a powder-filled spiral tube, or an angled rocket mounted with a pin through...
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The breaking wheel, also known as the execution wheel, the Wheel of Catherine or the (Saint) Catherine('s) Wheel, was a torture method used for public...
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The Catherine Wheel is an album by Scottish-American musician David Byrne, released in 1981 by Sire Records. It contains Byrne's musical score for choreographer...
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Rose window (redirect from Catherine wheel (window))
are also called "Catherine windows" after Saint Catherine of Alexandria, who was sentenced to be executed on a spiked breaking wheel. A circular window...
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Chrome is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, released on 20 July 1993 by Fontana Records in the United Kingdom...
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emperor condemned Catherine to death on a spiked breaking wheel, but at her touch it shattered. Maxentius ordered her to be beheaded. Catherine ordered the...
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Rob Dickinson (section Catherine Wheel)
multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter previously of the band Catherine Wheel. Dickinson was raised in Norfolk, England, and is the paternal cousin...
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in 2005, it features tracks that Dickinson wrote while a member of Catherine Wheel but never made it onto official releases, as well as new material written...
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victims had their long bones broken by an iron bar while tied to a Catherine wheel. The quotation is used to suggest someone is "[employing] superabundant...
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is looking upward in ecstasy and leaning on a wheel, an allusion to the breaking wheel (or Catherine wheel) of her martyrdom. It was painted c. 1507–1509...
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and Eve is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel. It was released on 29 July 1997 by Mercury Records. This was the band's...
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album The Catherine Wheel for a ballet with the same name, prominently featuring unusual rhythms and lyrics. Productions of The Catherine Wheel appeared...
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Dickinson, is the former lead singer of British alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, while his son, Austin, fronted the metalcore band Rise to Remain....
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also known as former frontman and guitarist of the English rock band Catherine Wheel. The company is based in Los Angeles, California. The name Singer Vehicle...
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Leucospermum catherinae (redirect from Catherine-wheel pincushion)
head the appearance of a whirling pincushion. It is called Catherine-wheel pincushion or wheel flower in English and waterluisie in Afrikaans. Flowers can...
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Very Young, followed in 1981 by The Catherine Wheel, her collaboration with David Byrne at the Winter Garden. Wheel was broadcast on PBS and its soundtrack...
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entitled A Retrospective, showcased by SIGGRAPH. In creating "The Catherine Wheel" Allen worked alongside the choreographer Twyla Tharp. Tharp later...
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Ferment (album) (category Catherine Wheel albums)
Ferment is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, released in 1992 by Fontana Records. Produced by Tim Friese-Greene...
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Catherine II (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress...
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Donelly recorded a track with Catherine Wheel entitled "Judy Staring at the Sun," which appeared on Catherine Wheel's 1995 album Happy Days. The single...
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Sun cross (redirect from Wheel cross)
A sun cross, solar cross, or wheel cross is a solar symbol consisting of an equilateral cross inside a circle. The design is frequently found in the symbolism...
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traditionally a symbol of chastity in medieval romance, in place of a Saint Catherine wheel. Restoration work on the painting in 1959 revealed through radiography...
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The winged wheel is used in heraldry, though plain wheels (usually cart wheels) and mill wheels are also used. However, the Catherine wheel torture device...
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Pumpkins), Bill Medley (The Righteous Brothers), and Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel). All songs were written by Jimmy Chamberlin and Billy Mohler, except...
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Happy Days (album) (redirect from Happy Days (Catherine Wheel album))
Happy Days is the third studio album by English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel. It was released 6 June 1995 by Fontana Records in the UK and Mercury...
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points, it also has large curved arcs between the points. Catherine wheel Seven Catherines have been granted sainthood. This cross is composed of wagon...
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Stock by Talk Talk (1991) Ferment by Catherine Wheel (1992) Broooch by Sidi Bou Said (1993) Wishville by Catherine Wheel (2000) Skeleton Hill by Firefly Burning...
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