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Traditional English :: axle
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axle.html - n. a rod or spindle (either fixed or rotating) on which a wheel or group of wheels is fixed. [orig. axle-tree f. ME axel-tre f. ON æxull-tr÷] |
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Traditional English :: axle
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axle.html - n. a rod or spindle (either fixed or rotating) on which a wheel or group of wheels is fixed. [orig. axle-tree f. ME axel-tre f. ON æxull-tr÷] |
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English Idioms :: ax to grind
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axle.html - {n. phr.}, {informal} Something to gain for yourself: a selfish reason. * /In praising movies for classroom use he has an ax to grind; he sells motion picture equipment./ * /When Charles told the teacher he saw Arthur copying his homework from Jim, he had an ax to grind; Arthur would not let Charles copy from him./ |
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Traditional English :: axe
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axle.html - n. & v. (US ax) --n. 1 a chopping-tool, usu. of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle.
2 the drastic cutting or elimination of expenditure, staff, etc. --v.tr. (axing)
1 cut (esp. costs or services) drastically.
2 remove or dismiss. axe-breaker a hard-wooded Australian tree. an axe to grind private ends to serve. [OE óx f. Gmc] |
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Traditional English :: axel
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axle.html - n. a jumping movement in skating, similar to a loop (see LOOP n. 7) but from one foot to the other. [Axel R. Paulsen, Norw. skater d. 1938] |
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Traditional English :: axes
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axle.html - pl. of AXIS(1). |
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