AXLE (in

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• MID

Mid. Eng. axel-tre, from O. Norweg. oxull-tre, cognate with the O. Eng. exe or eaxe, and connected with Sansk. dksha, Gr. a wv, and

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• LAT

Lat.

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• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis)  , the pin or spindle on which a wheel turns . In carriages the axle-tree is the bar on which the wheels are mounted, the axles being strictly its thinner rounded prolongations on which they actually turn . The pins which pass through the ends of the axles and keep the wheels from slipping off are known as axle-pins or " linch-pins," " liuch " being a corruption, due to confusion with " link," of the Old English word for " axle," lynis, cf . Ger . Lunse . AX - LES - THERMES, a watering place of south-western France, in the department of Ariege, at the confluence of the Ariege with three tributaries, 26 m . S.S.E. of Foix by rail . Pop . (1906) 1179 . Ax (Aquae), situated at a height of 2300 ft., is well known for its warm sulphur springs (77°-172° F.), of which there are about sixty . The waters, which were used by the Romans, are efficacious in the treatment of rheumatism, 'skin diseases and other maladies .