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

Stulp :: Stulm (n.) A shaft or gallery to drain a mine.

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

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

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

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.

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

Tram :: Tram (n.) The shaft of a cart.

Gorgerin :: Gorgerin (n.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column..

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.

Scape :: Scape (n.) The apophyge of a shaft.

Column :: Column (n.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order..

Eccentric :: Eccentric (n.) A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw..

Frustum :: Frustum (n.) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.

Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc..

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

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

Butt Shaft :: Butt shaft () An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow..

Cog :: Cog (n.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel..

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..

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