Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A substance secreted by a Mexican coccid (Llaveia axinus).
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- noun medicine A
fatty andvarnish -like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Coccus axinus, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a goodvulnerary andresolvent .
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Examples
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"Ye karn't hev him fur th 'axin'," said the scout.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various
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Abe that made me a bit flaid o 'axin' him ower mony questions.
Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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I been a-watchin 'out an' axin 'questions fur weeks, an' when
In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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The 'squire kep' axin 'John questions, to try to git him to spill some words, but his jaws were locked, as it were.
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'stracted an' axin 'me ef I heerd frum yo' ev'ry day.
Shawn of Skarrow James Tandy Ellis 1905
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"Joe," said the Old Un, glaring, "if the lady weren't here, an 'axin'
The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915
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Maque is a yet another application of lacquer upon a base of wood, generally a shallow bowl (batea), with the addition of an essential element - "aje," an animal fat extracted from the female insect coccus axin from the Tierra Caliente.
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Maque is a yet another application of lacquer upon a base of wood, generally a shallow bowl (batea), with the addition of an essential element - "aje," an animal fat extracted from the female insect coccus axin from the Tierra Caliente.
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Maque is a yet another application of lacquer upon a base of wood, generally a shallow bowl (batea), with the addition of an essential element - "aje," an animal fat extracted from the female insect coccus axin from the Tierra Caliente.
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August 16, 2009 at 6:25 am sewz, shud wii bee axin WHO is this?
alexz commented on the word axin
slang - asking
August 13, 2017