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Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A spindle or axle of a wheel.

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

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

Clout :: Clout (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests..

Axle :: Axle (n.) A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

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..

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

Tree :: Tree (n.) A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like..

Axletree :: Axletree (n.) A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve..

Nave :: Nave (n.) The block in the center of a wheel, from which the spokes radiate, and through which the axle passes; -- called also hub or hob..

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

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..

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..

Clout :: Clout (n.) To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree..

Peritrochium :: Peritrochium (n.) The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis in peritrochio, which see under Axis..

Buckboard :: Buckboard (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon..

Taxless :: Taxless (a.) Free from taxation.

Axtree :: Axtree (n.) Axle or axletree.

Gather :: Gather (n.) The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.

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