Vocabulary : Axinite to Axle guard

Axinite : A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.
Axinomancy : A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.
Axiom : A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;" "A thing can not, at the same time, be and not be." ;; An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.
Axiomatic : Alt. of Axiomatical
Axiomatical : Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; self-evident; characterized by axioms.

Axiomatically : By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.
Axis : The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name). ;; A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged. ;; A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center. ;; The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body. ;; The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata. ;; Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to t
Axle : The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel. ;; A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree. ;; An axis; as, the sun's axle.
Axle box : A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes. ;; The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.
Axle guard : 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.

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