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Shafting :: Shafting (n.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion..

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

Well :: Well (v. i.) A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.

Downcast :: Downcast (n.) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

Shathmont :: Shathmont (n.) A shaftment.

Stang :: Stang (n.) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.

Riser :: Riser (n.) A shaft excavated from below upward.

Brace :: Brace (n.) The mouth of a shaft.

Heugh :: Heugh (n.) A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry.

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

Feather :: Feather (n.) One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

Ginging :: Ginging (n.) The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving.

Galloper :: Galloper (n.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber..

Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft..

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure..

Millwork :: Millwork (n.) The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills..

Fang :: Fang (v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course..

Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc..

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..

Cleading :: Cleading (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc..

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