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Coom :: Coom (n.) Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven..

Hub :: Hub (n.) The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box..

Gome :: Gome (n.) The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm.

Axle :: Axle (n.) An axis; as, the sun's axle..

Rotate :: Rotate (v. i.) To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle..

Winch :: Winch (n.) An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass..

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering..

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard..

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To strain apart; to sever by fracture; 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..

Grindstone :: Grindstone (n.) A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects..

Axle Guard :: 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..

Arbor :: Arbor (n.) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.

Gorm :: Gorm (n.) Axle grease. See Gome.

Cuttoo Plate :: Cuttoo plate () A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.

Axle Box :: Axle box () A bushing in the hub of a wheel, through which the axle passes..

Limber :: Limber (n.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit..

Linchpin :: Linchpin (n.) A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.

Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal..

Axle Box :: Axle box () The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle..

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