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Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple..

Wire-tailed :: Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules..

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.

Plumming :: Plumming (n.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines..

Semiplume :: Semiplume (n.) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather..

Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.

Toe :: Toe (n.) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step..

Stemson :: Stemple (n.) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step..

Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial..

Crib :: Crib (n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft..

Hypoptilum :: Hypoptilum (n.) An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.

Fast :: Fast (n.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster..

Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering..

Trumpeting :: Trumpeting (n.) A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft.

Element :: Element (n.) One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite..

Backband :: Backband (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.

Sollar :: Sollar (n.) A platform in a shaft, especially one of those between the series of ladders in a shaft..

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