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Rocker :: Rocker (n.) Same as Rock shaft.

Lander :: Lander (n.) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.

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

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

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

Way Shaft :: Way shaft () An interior shaft, usually one connecting two levels..

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

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

Groove :: Groove (n.) A shaft or excavation.

Columnar :: Columnar (a.) Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.

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

Bank :: Bank (n.) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank..

Lance :: Lance (n.) A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen..

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

Vagina :: Vagina (n.) The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise..

Collar :: Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..

Lever :: Lever (n.) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.

Cage :: Cage (n.) The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft..

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

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