a.; also 6 assellere. [a. F. axillaire of the axilla (see -AR), formerly aisselliere, -aire (Cotgr.), ad. L. *axillāris, f. axilla, F. aisselle: see prec.]
1. = AXILLARY 1.
1651. Wittie, trans. Primrose’s Pop. Err., 295. The cephalick hath its beginning … in men alwayes from the axillar veine.
1772. Forster, Hudson’s Bay Birds, in Phil. Trans., LXII. 393. Shining black axillar feathers, or shoulder-knot.
2. = AXILLARY 2.
1831. Macgillivray, trans. Richard’s Bot., 185. Flowers are … axillar, when they spring from the axilla.
B. as sb. (cf. F. aisselliere) An axillary vein.
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Quest. Chirurg. Veynes … two asselleres, two cubytalles, and two seynalles.
1720. Hale, in Phil. Trans., XXXI. 9. Which Duct is … inserted by four Branches into each Axillar.
