A.arm-pit, “ὑπὸ μασχάλῃ” h.Merc.242, etc.; in pl., Ar.Ach.852, Ec.60; μασχάλην αἴρειν, = κωθωνίζεσθαι, Cratin.298; “οἰνωμένος μ. ἆραι” Ael.Ep.15; of animals, “λύκοι νεβρὸν φέρουσιν ἀμφὶ μασχάλαις” A.Fr.39; μ. τῶν ἐμπροσθίων σκελῶν, of elephants, Arist. PA688b5.
II. in trees and plants, hollow at base of a shoot, axil, Thphr.CP1.6.4; hence, branch, Id.HP3.15.1.
2. young palm-twigs for making baskets or ropes, Hsch.
3. part of the olive-leaf, Id.; of the leaf of ἀνδρόσαιμον, Dsc.3.156.
III. bay, Str.6.2.3.
V. part of a dirigible χελώνη, Ath.Mech.34.5.