μασχάλη

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. PA 688b5.

II. in trees and plants, hollow at base of a shoot, axil, Thphr. CP 1.6.4; hence, branch, Id. HP 3.15.1.

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.

2. corner, ἁ βυβλίνα μ. Tab.Heracl. 1.92.

IV. in a ship, the part of the πρῷρα to which the ἀρτέμων is fastened, Hsch.

V. part of a dirigible χελώνη, Ath.Mech. 34.5.