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

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

Lancewood :: Lancewood (n.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae)..

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

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..

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..

Lug :: Lug (n.) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.

Element :: Element (n.) One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite..

Neckmould :: Neckmould (n.) A small convex molding surrounding a column at the jinction of the shaft and capital.

Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear..

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

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

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc..

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

Millwork :: Millwork (n.) The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills..

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

Eye :: Eye (n.) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope..

Cimbia :: Cimbia (n.) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it.

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

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

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