Part 830

<hw>Ax</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>axien</ets> and <ets>asken</ets>. See <er>Ask</er>.]</ety> <def>To ask; to inquire or inquire of.</def>

<note>&hand; This word is from Saxon, and is as old as the English language. Formerly it was in good use, but now is regarded as a vulgarism. It is still dialectic in England, and is sometimes heard among the uneducated in the United States. "And Pilate <i>axide</i> him, Art thou king of Jewis?" "Or if he <i>axe</i>a fish." <i>Wyclif.</i> 'bdThe king <i>axed</i> after your Grace's welfare." <i>Pegge.</i></note>

<h1>Axal</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Ax"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>[See <er>Axial</er>.]</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Axe, Axeman</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw><hw>Axe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Axe"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, etc.<hw> <def>See <er>Ax</er>, <er>Axman</er>.</def>

<h1>Axial</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Ax"i*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.</def>

<blockquote>To take on an <b>axial</b>, and not an equatorial, direction. <i>Nichol.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the axis of the body; <as>as, the <ex>axial</ex> skeleton</as>; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; <as>as, the <ex>axial</ex> bones</as>.</as></def>

<cs><col>Axial line</col> <fld>(Magnetism)</fld>, <cd>the line taken by the magnetic force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other.</cd>

<i>Faraday.</i> </cs>

<h1>Axially</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Ax"i*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line.</def>

<h1>Axil</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Ax"il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>axilla</ets>. Cf. <er>Axle</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Axile</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Ax"ile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Axilla</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Ax*il"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Axillae</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An axil.</def>

<h1>Axillar</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Ax"il*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Axillary.</def>

<h1>Axillaries, Axillars</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw><hw>Ax"il*la*ries</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ax"il*lars</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.</def>

<h1>Axillary</h1> <Xpage=107>