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axil

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See also: áxil

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Etymology

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Latin axilla. Doublet of axilla.

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axil (plural axils)

  1. (botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From a conflation of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.

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Noun

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axil (plural axils)

  1. axle (pole which a wheel revolves around)

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Descendants

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  • English: axle
  • Scots: aixle

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *āgïl. Compare Turkish ağıl.

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axil m (Arabic spelling ئاخل)

  1. fenced-in area for sheep or cattle, pen, corral

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References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “axil”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 15