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Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The chamber of a blast furnace.

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..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument..

Station :: Station (n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc..

Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.

Bar :: Bar (n.) A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color..

Neck :: Neck (n.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A pole, especially a Maypole..

Flight :: Flight (n.) A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft..

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

Fillet :: Fillet (n.) A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column..

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

Fill :: Fill (n.) One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant..

Foundershaft :: Foundershaft (n.) The first shaft sunk.

Lancewood :: Lancewood (n.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae)..

Winze :: Winze (n.) A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation..

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

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