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3 definitions found 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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