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

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill..

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

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

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow..

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..

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

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

Limber :: Limber (n.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit..

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..

Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet..

Neck :: Neck (v. t.) To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft..

Aftershaft :: Aftershaft (n.) The hypoptilum.

Hyporhachis :: Hyporhachis (n.) The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.

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

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)..

Bague :: Bague (n.) The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

Shaftman :: Shaftman (n.) Alt. of Shaftmen.

Tub :: Tub (n.) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.

Apophyge :: Apophyge (n.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.

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