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Webster 1913 Edition
Ax
Ax
(ăks)
, Verb.
T.
& I.
To ask; to inquire or inquire of.
☞ This word is from Saxon, and is as old as the English language. Formerly it was in good use, but now is regarded as a vulgarism. It is still dialectic in England, and is sometimes heard among the uneducated in the United States. “And Pilate axide him, Art thou king of Jewis?” “Or if he axea fish.”
Wyclif.
’bdThe king axed after your Grace's welfare.” Pegge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ax
AX
,Noun.
An instrument usually of iron, for hewing timber and chopping wood. It consists of a head with an arching edge, and a helve or handle. The ax is of two kinds, the broad ax for hewing, and the narrow ax for rough-hewing and cutting. The hatchet is a small ax to be used with one hand.