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AXLE (in 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 Lat. axis)

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 68 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AUD-BAI
AXLE (in 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 Lat. 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.


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