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===Alternative forms===
* {{l/|en|axeltooth}}, {{l/|en|assiltooth}}, {{l|en|axill tooth}}
 
===Etymology===
From {{etylinh|en|enm|en}} {{term|axyltothe|lang=enm}}, of {{etylder|en|gmq|en-}} origin, from {{termm|axyl|lang=enm|axyl}}, from {{etylder|en|non|en}} {{term|jaxl||a jaw-tooth, grinder|lang=non}} + {{etylder|en|enm|en}} {{term|tothe||tooth|lang=enm}}. Cognate with {{etylcog|sco|-}} {{term|assletuith|lang=sco}}, {{termm|sco|asseltuith||molar, axletooth|lang=sco}}. Compare also {{etylcog|da|-}} {{term|axeltand||molar, axletooth|lang=da}}, {{etylcog|sv|-}} {{term|oxeltand||molar, axletooth|lang=sv}}.
 
===Noun===
{{en-noun|axleteethaxle teeth}}
 
# {{lb|en|UK|_|dialectal|Northern England|Scotland}} A [[molar]] [[tooth]]; [[molar]].
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The optick glasse of humors|author=w:Thomas Walkington|year=1607|passage={{...}} to loose an '''axill tooth''' or an eye, the death of some speciall friend: to dream of bloody teeth, the death of the dreamer {{...}}|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnTsAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22axill%20tooth%22&pg=RA2-PT82#v=onepage&q=%22axill%20tooth%22&f=false}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=A medicinal dispensatory|author=Jean de Renou|origlang=fr|tlr=Richard Tomlinson|year=1657|passage=Many Women would rather endure the Tooth-ach, than their blackness, which not withstanding the Commonalty regard not: yet such a marcour came upon ''Metrodorus'' his sons gums, that both his '''axle teeth''', and also his gums, fell out.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBNmAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22endure%20the%20Tooth-ach%22&pg=PA211#v=onepage&q=%22endure%20the%20Tooth-ach%22&f=false}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The Physical Dictionary|author=Stephen Blancard|year=1702|passage=''Cynodentes'', are those Teeth betwixt the '''Axel Teeth''' and the Grinders, called ''Canini, Columellares'', and ''Oculares'', Eye-Teeth, as we say.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pEtfAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22axel%20teeth%22&pg=PA98#v=onepage&q=%22axel%20teeth%22&f=false}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Farriery Improv'd: or, a Compleat treatise upon the art of farriery|author=Henry Bracken|passage=When the Muscles contract in Length, they swell in Thickness, as may be perceived by laying the Finger upon the Masseter or Muscle of the lower-Jaw, and pressing the Grinders or '''Axel-teeth''' together {{...}}|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwBeAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22axel%20teeth%22&pg=PA89#v=onepage&q=%22axel%20teeth%22&f=false|year=1738}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The School of Arts; Or New Book of Useful Knowledge|author=J. Cundall|passage=The Lamperts in a horse's mouth are known by every person; they are flaps that many do not understand, they are pieces of loose skin that grow in the wicks of their mouths, adjoining the '''axel teeth''', and when they are eating hay or corn, it is apt to get betwixt them, which makes their mouth fore, and they are afraid of eating.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BDVcAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22axel%20teeth%22&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q=%22axel%20teeth%22&f=false|year=1790}}
 
====Synonyms====
* {{l/|en|grinder}}
* {{l/|en|wangtooth}}
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