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. √205. Cf. 2d Axis. ] 1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An axis; as, the sun's axle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had from her axle torn
The steadfast earth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Railway axles are called leading and trailing from their position in the front or in the rear of a car or truck respectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having an axle; -- used in composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Merlin's agate-axled car. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. öxultr&unr_;. ] 1. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A spindle or axle of a wheel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. resembling a box in rectangularity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖, n. [ Mexican name. ] A North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a complex manner; not simply. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Foxlike. [ Obs. ] “Foxly craft.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a lax manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characteristic of, or like, an ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. oxanslyppe. See Ox, and Cowslip. ] (Bot.) The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Perplexedly. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a prolix manner. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a reflex manner; reflectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no sex. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sex- + locular: cf. F. sexloculaire. ] (Bot.) Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to sex. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Should I ascribe any of these things unto myself or my sexly weakness, I were not worthy to live. Queen Elizabeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from taxation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. the Roman number symbolizing the value forty.
Syn. -- forty, 40, twoscore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]