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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.

Having an axle; -- used in composition. Merlin's agate-axled car. T. Warton.

A spindle or axle of a wheel. [Obs.]

One who wields an ax.

An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.

[More fully chenille Axminster.] A variety of Turkey carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (175…

An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.

It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.

Axle or axletree. [Obs.] Drayton.

Fat; grease; esp. the fat of pigs or geese; usually (Pharm.), lard prepared for medical use.

Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. Balfour.

A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.

One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, or Oryx, nasomaculatus).

Near to the maxilla or jawbone.

The positive or negative stimulus exerted by oxygen on aërobic and anaërobic bacteria. -- A`ër*o*tac"tic (#), a.

Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.

A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or "Old") Saxon.

The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race.

A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. M. Arnold.

The arrangement of flowers in a cluster; the science of the relative position of flowers; inflorescence.