It was prettily devised of Aesop, 'The fly sat upon the axletree of the chariot-wheel and said, what a dust do I raise.'. From LearnThat.org. [Francis Bacon, Source: Essays. Of Vain-Glory]
I said to the men beside me, "Lift up the axletree.". From Wordnik.com. [The King Must Die]
Than his bright throne or burning axletree could bear. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886] Reference
He dropped the bridle and reached down for the axletree. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
One wheel was gone; the tilted axletree plowed the earth. From Wordnik.com. [The King Must Die]
To shift a rear truck, handspikemen lift under the rear axletree. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
These bars strengthened the axletree and resisted wear at the spindle. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
"The axletree from inside the stable," Cashel corrected automatically. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
These wheels are coupled together by an axletree, into which a tongue is inserted. From Wordnik.com. [What I Saw in California] Reference
The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Owing to the irregularities of the surface the axletree of one of our carts gave way this day. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York] Reference
Garric stepped out of the stable with an axletree that Cashel himself would have found a burden. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
Murf went to Sharpsburgh in the evening took the front wheels of the small Wagon to have the axletree ironed. From Wordnik.com. [Ferry Hill Plantation journal : January 4, 1838-January 15, 1839,] Reference
The axletree lying nearby had crushed the skull and broken the left collarbone as well as several of the upper ribs. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
Two or three cabs waited at the curb, from one of which fluttered a facetious knot of white ribbon tied to an axletree. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
Tom, however, at length cut the giant such a blow with the axletree on the side of his head, that he nearly reeled over. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
The massive oaken axletree brushed the cutlass aside and crushed the creature itself with a squelch and a snapping of bones. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
To shift a front truck the rear truck on the opposite side should first be taken off, then handspikemen lift under the fore axletree. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
The axletree of the great wheel crosses the two beaters. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
Than his bright throne, or burning axletree, could bear. From Wordnik.com. [In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World] Reference
"Than his bright throne or burning axletree could bear.". From Wordnik.com. [Milton] Reference
If the actions of grace be all turned upon this axletree of. From Wordnik.com. [The Tryal & Triumph of Faith: or An Exposition of the History of Christs dispossessing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan.] Reference
I thought as how, sir, that your infallible axletree would give way. From Wordnik.com. [Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden] Reference
It was a very good iron axletree wagon, made in Dearbornville by William Halpin. From Wordnik.com. [The Bark Covered House]
A log thick enough to make an axletree may thus be somewhat seasoned in a single night. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries] Reference
The wheels were attached to an axletree, about which they revolved, in the usual manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
He would as soon hear "a brazen candlestick tuned, or a dry wheel grate on the axletree.". From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution] Reference
Page 72 fastened to the axletree of an enormous pair of wheels, from the axletree projected. From Wordnik.com. [Allen Parker. Recollections of Slavery Times.] Reference
In some places the hind wheels are taken off, and sledge runners are fitted to the hind axletree. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries] Reference
Each of these has a strong axletree of iron made inflexible by braces, and extending out on both sides. From Wordnik.com. [The Numbers of Carlton, Addressed to the People of North Carolina, on a Central Rail-Road Through the State. The Rights of Freemen is an Open Trade 232 p.] Reference
The driver composedly shouted to us to alight; the hole was only deep enough to sink the vehicle to the axletree. From Wordnik.com. [The Englishwoman in America] Reference
Now it was only half over the wheels, now it hid the axletree, and now the coach sank down in it almost to the windows. From Wordnik.com. [American Notes] Reference
It was a post-chaise taken off its axletree and wheels, and plumped down on the clayey soil among a ragged growth of vegetables. From Wordnik.com. [The Uncommercial Traveller] Reference
'The niBw inlightenM world no more fhould need i He faw a greater fun appear Than his bright throne, or burning axletree, could bear. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical] Reference
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