† ax-seed Herb. Obs.
[f. axe n.1 + seed.]
= ax-fitch.
| 1562 [See ax-fitch]. 1597 Gerard Herbal ii. (1633) 1236 a, In English Ax seed, Ax woort, Ax-fitch, and Hatchet Fitch. 1611 Cotgr., Le Fer de cheval, a kind of Axseed, or small Pulse, called Horse-shooe. |