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<h1>Axle</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ax"le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>axel</ets>, <ets>exel</ets>, shoulder, AS. <ets><?/axl</ets>; akin to AS. <ets>eax</ets> axle, Sw. & Dan. <ets>axel</ets> shoulder, ~, G. <ets>achse</ets> axle, <ets>achsel</ets> shoulder, L. <ets>axis</ets> axle, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>aksha</ets>, L. <ets>axilla</ets> shoulder joint: cf. F. <ets>essieu</ets>, axle, OF. <ets>aissel</ets>, fr. dim. of L. <ets>axis</ets>. <?/. Cf. 2d <er>Axis</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An axis; <as>as, the sun's <ex>axle</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Had from her <b>axle</b> torn The steadfast earth. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Railway axles are called <i>leading</i> and <i>trailing</i> from their position in the front or in the rear of a car or truck respectively.</note>

<h1>Axle box</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ax"le box`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.</def>

<note>&hand; In railway construction, the axle guard, or pedestal, with the superincumbent weight, rests on the top of the box (usually with a spring intervening), and holds it in place by flanges. The box rests upon the journal bearing and key, which intervene between the inner top of the box and the axle.</note>

<h1>Axled</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ax"led</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having an axle; -- used in composition.</def>

<blockquote>Merlin's agate-<b>axled</b> car. <i>T. Warton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Axle guard</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ax"le guard`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a <i>jaw</i> in the United States, and a <i>housing</i> in England.</def>

<h1>Axletree</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ax"le*tree`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>\'94xultr<?/</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A spindle or axle of a wheel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Axman</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ax"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Axmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>One who wields an ax.</def>

<h1>Axminster</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ax"min`ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from <ets>Axminster</ets>, Eng.</def>

<h1>Axolotl</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ax"o*lotl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[The native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.</def>

<note>&hand; When it breeds in captivity the young develop into true salamanders of the genus <spn>Amblystoma</spn>. This also occurs naturally under favorable conditions, in its native localities; although it commonly lives and breeds in a larval state, with persistent external gills. See <er>Siredon</er>.</note>

<h1>Axstone</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ax"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.</def>