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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Axle \Ax"le\ ([a^]ks"'l), 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. [root]205. Cf 2d {Axis}.]
1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which
revolves with a wheel.
2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels
of a car or carriage; an axletree.
3. An axis; as the sun's axle.
Had from her axle torn The steadfast earth.
--Milton.
Note: Railway axles are called leading and trailing from
their position in the front or in the rear of a car or
truck respectively.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
axle
n : a shaft on which a wheel rotates
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
AXLE
An early string processing language. Program consists of an
assertion table which specifies patterns, and an imperative
table which specifies replacements. "AXLE: An Axiomatic
Language for String Transformations", K. Cohen et al CACM
8(11):657-661 (Nov 1965).
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