{ Axe (&?;), Axe"man (&?;), etc.} See Ax, Axman.
Ax"i*al (&?;), a. 1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.
To take on an axial, and not an equatorial, direction.
Nichol.
2. (Anat.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones.
Axial line (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. Faraday.
Ax"i*al*ly (&?;), adv. In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line.
Ax"il (&?;), n. [L. axilla. Cf. Axle.] (Bot.) 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. Gray.
Ax"ile (&?;), a. Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed. Gray.
||Ax*il"la (&?;), n.; pl. Axillae (&?;). [L.] (Anat.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.