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Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..

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

Sifilet :: Sifilet (n.) The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, under Paradise..

Vamplate :: Vamplate (n.) A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand..

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..

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

Prickshaft :: Prickshaft (n.) An arrow.

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

Cabling :: Cabling (n.) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft..

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..

Web :: Web (n.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather..

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

Drop :: Drop (n.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.

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

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

Staple :: Staple (n.) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels..

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

Entasis :: Entasis (n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.

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..

Draglink :: Draglink (n.) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.

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