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

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

Thiller :: Thiller (n.) The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thill horse..

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..

Stemson :: Stemple (n.) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step..

Pin :: Pin (n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal..

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..

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

Hypoptilum :: Hypoptilum (n.) An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.

Countershaft :: Countershaft (n.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill..

Air Shaft :: Air shaft () A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel..

Cleading :: Cleading (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc..

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

Boultin :: Boultin (n.) One of the shafts of a clustered column.

Fang :: Fang (v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course..

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..

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..

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

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

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