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A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes.

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.]

Free from taxation.

An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.

A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc.

ed also axis band, axial fiber, and cylinder axis. -- Axis in peritrochio, the wheel and axle, one of the mechanical powers. -- Axis of a curve (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords of a curve; called a principal axis, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it divides the curve…

Axle or axletree. [Obs.] Drayton.

thin certain limits. -- Ball bearings, a mechanical device for lessening the friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal balls. -- Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a ball, as distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only powder. -- Ball cock, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by t…

The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal.

A truck for railroad rolling stock, consisting of two ordinary axle boxes sliding in guides attached to a triangular frame; -- called also pony truck.

ind buds; blind flowers. Blind alley, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. -- Blind axle, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. Knight. -- Blind beetle, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. -- Blind cat (Zoöl.), a species of catfish (Gronias nigrolabris), nearly destitute…

A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.

An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.

lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.

ture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. Shak.

A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon.

An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.