Axle to Azymous
Axle
(Ax"le) n. [OE. axel, exel, shoulder, AS. eaxl; akin to AS. eax axle, Sw. & Dan. axel shoulder,
axle, G. achse axle, achsel shoulder, L. axis axle, Gr. 'a`xwn, Skr. aksha, L. axilla shoulder joint: cf.
F. essieu, axle, OF. aissel, fr. dim. of L. axis. &radic205. Cf. 2d Axis.]
1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
3. An axis; as, the sun's axle.
Had from her axle torn
The steadfast earth.
Milton.
Railway axles are called leading and trailing from their position in the front or in the rear of a car or
truck respectively.
Axle box
(Ax"le box`)
1. A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes.
2. The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.
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.
Axled
(Ax"led) a. Having an axle; — used in composition.
Merlin's agate-axled car.
T. Warton.
Axle guard
(Ax"le guard`) 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 jaw in the United States, and a housing in
England.
Axletree
(Ax"le*tree`) n. [Cf. Icel. öxultr.]
1. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which
the wheels revolve.
2. A spindle or axle of a wheel. [Obs.]
Axman
(Ax"man) n.; pl. Axmen One who wields an ax.
Axminster
(Ax"min`ster) n. An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft
pile; — so called from Axminster, Eng.
Axolotl
(||Ax"o*lotl) n. [The native name.] (Zoöl.) An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the
elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.
When it breeds in captivity the young develop into true salamanders of the genus Amblystoma. 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 Siredon.
Axstone
(Ax"stone`) n. (Min.) A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of
the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.
Axtree
(Ax"tree) n. Axle or axletree. [Obs.] Drayton.
