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

Use :: Use (v. t.) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging..

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

Neck :: Neck (v. t.) To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft..

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

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

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft..

Wire-tailed :: Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The chamber of a blast furnace.

Galloper :: Galloper (n.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber..

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

Fillet :: Fillet (n.) A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column..

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

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

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

Winze :: Winze (n.) A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation..

Diameter :: Diameter (n.) The distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See Module..

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..

Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.

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