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felly

UK/ˈfɛl.li/ US/ˈfɛli/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted

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From Middle English fely, felow, felowe, felwe, felȝe, from Old English felg, from Proto-Germanic *felgō (compare Saterland Frisian feelge, Dutch velg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥ǵʰ- (compare Polish płoza (“sliding iron”), Old Church Slavonic пльзати (plĭzati, “to creep, crawl”)).

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