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axis (1356-57)

[ FEW: 25,1291a axis 1; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF:  axe; TLF:  axis 1; OED:  axis n.1; MED:  axis n.; DMLBS: 171c axis 1 ]
 
ls(loanword: Latin )
le

s.

1(of wheel) axle
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Et celles II estoilles ne sount moevables, et par celles tourne tout le firmament aussy come un roe tourne par son axis  334
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