Herb. Obs. [f. AX sb.1 + SEED.] = AX-FITCH.

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1562.  [See AX-FITCH].

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1597.  Gerard, Herbal, II. (1633), 1236 a. In English Ax seed, Ax woort, Ax-fitch, and Hatchet Fitch.

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1611.  Cotgr., Le Fer de cheval, a kind of Axseed, or small Pulse, called Horse-shooe.

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