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Definition of shaft
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Shaft (n.) A pole,
especially
a
Maypole..
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Driving
::
Driving
(a.)
Communicating
force;
impelling;
as, a
driving
shaft..
Underlayer
::
Underlayer
(n.) A
perpendicular
shaft sunk to cut the lode at any
required
depth.
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..
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..
Flight
::
Flight
(n.) A kind of arrow for the
longbow;
also, the sport of
shooting
with it. See
Shaft..
Drift
::
Drift (n.) A
passage
driven
or cut
between
shaft and
shaft;
a
driftway;
a small
subterranean
gallery;
an adit or
tunnel.
Lander
::
Lander
(n.) A
person
who waits at the mouth of the shaft to
receive
the
kibble
of ore.
Drib
::
Drib (v. t. & i.) To shoot (a
shaft)
so as to
pierce
on the
descent.
Feather
::
Feather
(n.) One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an
arrow.
Hyporadius
::
Hyporadius
(n.) One of the barbs of the
hypoptilum,
or
aftershaft
of a
feather.
See
Feather..
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..
Tubbing
::
Tubbing
(n.) A
lining
of
timber
or metal
around
the shaft of a mine;
especially,
a
series
of
cast-iron
cylinders
bolted
together,
used to
enable
those who sink a shaft to
penetrate
quicksand,
water,
etc., with
safety..
Sifilet
::
Sifilet
(n.) The
six-shafted
bird of
paradise.
See
Paradise
bird, under
Paradise..
Spinetail
::
Spinetail
(n.) Any one or
several
species
of
swifts
of the genus
Acanthylis,
or
Chaetura,
and
allied
genera,
in which the
shafts
of the tail
feathers
terminate
in rigid
spines..
Plumule
::
Plumule
(n.) The
aftershaft
of a
feather.
See
Illust.
under
Feather.
Spindle
::
Spindle
(n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is
formed.
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..
Spindle
::
Spindle
(n.) The
shaft,
mandrel,
or
arbor,
in a
machine
tool, as a lathe or
drilling
machine,
etc., which
causes
the work to
revolve,
or
carries
a tool or
center,
etc..
Shaft
::
Shaft (n.) The long
handle
of a spear or
similar
weapon;
hence,
the
weapon
itself;
(Fig.)
anything
regarded
as a shaft to be
thrown
or
darted;
as,
shafts
of
light..
Pikestaff
::
Pikestaff
(n.) The
staff,
or
shaft,
of a
pike..
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