{ } a. [ L. ab + axis axle. ] (Bot.) Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ad- + maxillary. ] (Anat.) Near to the maxilla or jawbone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. axilla. Cf. Axle. ] (Bot.) 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. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Axillae [ L. ] (Anat.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) An axil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Axillary. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. pl. (Zool.) Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Axil. ] 1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil. “Axillary buds.” Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. (Bot.) Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Infra + axillary. ] (Bot.) Situated below the axil, as a bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Infra + maxillary. ] (Anat.) (a) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve. (b) Of or pertaining to the lower iaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Situated within or between the axils of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Intermaxillæ (Anat.) See Premaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Between the maxillary bones. (b) Of or pertaining to the intermaxillæ. -- n. An intermaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Maxillae [ L., dim. of mala jaw, jawbone. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw. (b) The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible. [ Now commonly used in this restricted sense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are usually two pairs in Crustacea and one pair in insects. In certain insects they are not used as jaws, but may form suctorial organs. See Illust. under Lepidoptera, and Diptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. maxillaris, fr. maxilla jawbone, jaw: cf. F. maxillaire. ] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now usually applied to the upper jaw only. -- n. The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Maxilla + -form: cf. F. maxilliforme. ] Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Maxilla + L. pes, pedis, foot. ] (Zool.) One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Maxilla + mandibular. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo-mandibular nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Maxilla + palatine. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also used as n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Maxilla + turbinal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull. -- n. The maxillo-turbinal, or inferior turbinate, bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. paxillus a small stake. ] (Geol.) Resembling a little stake. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Paxilli [ L., a peg. ] (Zool.) One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Premaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Premaxillæ [ NL. See Pre-, and Maxilla. ] (Anat.) A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillæ become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxillæ; intermaxillary. -- n. A premaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pterygoid + maxillary. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the inner pterygoid plate, or pterygoid bone, and the lower jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts. -- n. A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Anat.) Situated under the axilla, or armpit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland. (b) Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Super-, and Maxilla. ] (Anat.) The supermaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Supermaxillary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See Suprafoliaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Supramaxillae (Anat.) The upper jaw or maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve. (b) Of or pertaining to the upper jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Tetra- + axile. ] (Zool.) Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]