8.(General Physics)crystallogone of three lines passing through the centre of a crystal and used to characterize its symmetry [C14: from Latin: axletree, earth's axis; related to Greekaxōnaxis] axis (ˈæksɪs) n,plaxises
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The only thing for which I ever saw mares used, was to tread out wheat from the ear, for which purpose they were driven round a circular enclosure, where the wheat-sheaves were strewed. View in context Previously to July, 1830, this estimable class of citizens had not dared to indulge ...
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Definition of Shock ShockShock Shock, n. [OE. schokke; cf. OD schocke, G. schock a heap, quantity, threescore, MHG. schoc, Sw. skok, and also G. hocke a heap of hay, Lith. kugis.] 1. A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a ...
1.(Philosophy)philosophythe philosophical system of the Peripatetics; Aristotelianism 2.jocularthe activity of moving about from place to place (usually on foot); the act of being peripatetic Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, ...
2.informala large amount of money (esp in the phrasemake a pile) 3.(often plural)informala large amount:a pile of work. 4.a less common word forpyre 5.a large building or group of buildings 6.(General Physics) short forvoltaic pile ...