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axle | ax |

As a noun axle

is (obsolete) shoulder or axle can be the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

As a proper noun ax is

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axle

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) axle, eaxle, from (etyl) , (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Shoulder.

    • Etymology 2

    A combination of (etyl) eax and (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
  • A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
  • An axis; as, the Sun’s axle.

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "axle") *

    Anagrams

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    ax

    English

    Etymology 1

    See .

    Noun

    (es)
  • (label)

    • Verb

    (es)

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) acsian, showing metathesis from ascian. The regular literary form until circa 1600.

    Verb

    (es)
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts I:
    • When they were come togedder, they axed off hym, sayinge: Master wilt thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyngdom of israhel?
  • * 1979 , (Verna Mae Slone), What My Heart Wants to Tell , Kentucky 1988, p. 18:
  • *:‘I axed him if he knowed the way and he said he had not fergitten the lay of the land.’
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