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Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.

Shafting :: Shafting (n.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion..

Shafted :: Shafted (a.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.

Shathmont :: Shathmont (n.) A shaftment.

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..

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..

Heugh :: Heugh (n.) A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry.

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

Backband :: Backband (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.

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

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.

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

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine..

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

Journal :: "Journal (a.) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box..

Thill :: Thill (n.) One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft..

Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) The staff, or shaft, of a pike..

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.

Limber :: Limber (n.) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

Lug :: Lug (n.) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.

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