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axle-tree
axle-tree (ˈæks(ə)ltriː) Forms: 3–4 axeltre, 4–6 axil-, axyl-, 5 axille-, exil-, exul-, exyl-, 6 assyl-tre, exeltree, 6–7 axell-, 7 axol-, axil-, 6–8 axel-, 6– axle-tree. [ME. axel-tre, a. ON. öxul-tré, f. öxull axle + tré tree, synonymous with the native ax-tree. See axle2.] (Axle-tree, being in ea... Oxford English Dictionary
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ax-tree
† ˈax-tree Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 3 axtreo, 4 exetree, 4–6 extre, 4–7 axtre, 5 axetre, 6–7 axtree, axe-tree, 6– (Sc.) extree, aixtree. [f. ax n. + tree, in its sense of beam; repr. an OE. *eax-tréow. Cf. axle-tree from ON.] 1. The axle-tree of a wheel. (Still dial.)a 1230 Juliana 56 Þat axtreo stod ... Oxford English Dictionary
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QF 15-pounder gun
History The gun's original design and supply to Britain included no shield, all-steel wheels, axle-tree seats, and a sprung telescoping trail to help The axle-tree seats were removed as unnecessary because the gunners rode horses, and gun shields were added. wikipedia.org
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axier
axier ? error for axis, or for ax-tre, axle-tree.1594 Greene Look. Glass (1861) 136 Thy hands the axier to maintain my world. Oxford English Dictionary
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Tom Hickathrift
fabled to have been a simple labourer at the time of the Norman Conquest and to have killed a giant in the marsh at Tilney, Norfolk armed only with an axle-tree Gomme's introduction states that there was evidence that an axle-tree and cartwheel had figured on a stone tomb in Tilney churchyard and local accounts wikipedia.org
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axle
▪ I. † axle1 Obs. Forms: 1–2 eaxl, exel, 1–3 exl, 3 æxl. [Common Teut.: OE. eaxl, fem., = ON. öxl (pl. axlir), OHG. ahsala, MHG. ahsel, mod.G. achsel, OTeut. *ahslâ, from same root as *ahsâ: see ax n. Cogn. w. L. *axula, āla.] The shoulder.c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 104 Weorp ofer eaxle, oþþe betweoh þ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Poetry Toronto
She also ran a coffee house (The Axle-tree Coffee House) which was a meeting place for the artistically inclined including both poets, and musicians. wikipedia.org
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exeltree
exeltree obs. form of axle-tree. Oxford English Dictionary
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The Impertinent Insect
Francis Bacon also took the fable to be Aesopic, observing that "It was prettily devised of Æsop: The fly sat upon the axle-tree of the chariot-wheel, wikipedia.org
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ax
▪ I. † ax, axe, n. Obs. or dial. Forms: 1–2 eax, æx, ex; also (under ax-tree) 3–7 ax, 4 exe, 4–6 ex, 5–7 axe. [Common Teutonic: OE. æx-e, eax-e, fem., is cogn. with MDu. and MLG. asse, from *ahse, Du. as, OHG. ahsa, MHG. ahse, mod.G. achse, OTeut. ahsâ-, fem., related to Skr. áksha, masc., Gr. ἄξων,... Oxford English Dictionary
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draught-tree
ˈdraught-tree ? Obs. The pole of a wagon or other vehicle, to which the drawing gear is attached.1580 Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong. Le Limon d'vn chariot..the beame whereon the iron hangeth in a Waine, the draught tree of a wagon, coache, or carte. c 1611 Chapman Iliad xxiii. 358 His draught-tree fell ... Oxford English Dictionary
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exultre
exultre obs. form of axle-tree.1475 in Child Eng. & Sc. Ball. v. cxvii. (1888) 90/2 Late vs cast the exultre. Oxford English Dictionary
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ekka
ekka1 Anglo-Ind. (ˈɛkə) Also ecca, ecka. [a. Hindi ekkā lit. unit, f. Skr. eka one.] A small one-horsed vehicle used in India. Also attrib.1811 F. B. Solvyns Les Hindous III. xxxi. pl. 4 Ekka..perhaps the simplest carriage that can be imagined, being nothing more than a chair covered with red cloth,... Oxford English Dictionary
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futchell
futchel(l (ˈfʌtʃəl) [Of obscure origin. Possibly repr. some compound of foot; cf. pole-foot, ‘the hind end of a pole which goes into the cleaves of the futchels’ (Knight).] One of the pieces of timber carrying or supporting the shafts, or pole, or splinter-bar of a carriage.1794 W. Felton Carriages ... Oxford English Dictionary
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plough-tail
ˈplough-tail, ˈplow- The rear or handles of a plough. Symbolically, the following of the plough, the place of the farm-labourer, farm-labour; as in at, to, from the plough-tail. Also attrib.1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §3 The plough-tayle is that the husbande holdeth in his hande. 1600 J. Pory tr. Leo's Afr... Oxford English Dictionary
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