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Drop :: Drop (n.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.

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

Tram :: Tram (n.) The shaft of a cart.

Tongs :: Tongs (n. pl.) An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs..

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision..

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

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc..

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

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.

Countershaft :: Countershaft (n.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine..

Sill :: Sill (n.) The shaft or thill of a carriage.

Heelpost :: Heelpost (n.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.

Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

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

Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

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..

Diameter :: Diameter (n.) The distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See Module..

Pivot :: Pivot (n.) The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch..

Pin :: Pin (n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal..

Ridgeband :: Ridgeband (n.) The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger..

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