axis (1356-57)

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axis (1356-57)

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

s.

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