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Axe.

A river in Dorset, Somerset, and east Devon, England, which flows into Lyme Bay at Seaton.

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  1. A river in Dorset, Somerset, and east Devon, England, which flows into Lyme Bay at Seaton.

  2. A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare.

Where this word comes from

Ultimately derived from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate with the river names Esk, Exe, and Usk.

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