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

Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament..

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

Cable :: Cable (n.) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding..

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

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

Thunderbolt :: Thunderbolt (n.) A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth..

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

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

Drib :: Drib (v. t. & i.) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.

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

Tongs :: Tongs (n. pl.) An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs..

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..

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

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..

Verge :: Verge (n.) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft..

Intercolumniation :: Intercolumniation (n.) The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts..

Heelpost :: Heelpost (n.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.

Spear :: Spear (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance..

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