See Also: Tolerance(medicine)
self tolerance(medicine)
Zero Tolerance(money)
zero tolerance(dictionary)
Tolerance(health)
tolerance(1)(dictionary)
tolerance(2)(dictionary)
tolerance(dictionary)
Glucose Tolerance(health)
pain tolerance(medicine)

axle (iou) and tolerance (oh)


axle (iou)



axle noun. ME.
[formed as earlier AXLE-TREE.]
The centre-pin or spindle upon which a wheel revolves or which revolves along with it. Also = AXLE-TREE 1. ME.
axle tramp: see TRAMP noun 3b. wheel and axle: see WHEEL noun.
fig.: F. Tuohy Below them stood the Palace of Culture, an axle with the whole grey city gyrating around it.
= AXLE-TREE 3. M16-M19.
Milton The earth..With inoffensive pace that spinning sleeps On her soft Axle.
axled adjective having an axle (usu. as 2nd elem. of comb., of a specified type) M17.

tolerance (oh)



[U] willingness to allow people to do, say, or believe what they want without criticizing or punishing them
-opposite intolerance intolerance
-see also tolerate tolerate tolerance of/towards/for
::tolerance towards religious minorities
[U and C] the degree to which someone can suffer pain, difficulty etc without being harmed or damaged
-see also tolerate tolerate tolerance to
::Many old people have a very limited tolerance to cold.