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Definition of shaft

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Shaft (n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine..

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Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The stem or midrib of a feather.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple..

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

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc..

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..

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

Bague :: Bague (n.) The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

Overhang :: Overhang (n.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing..

Groove :: Groove (n.) A shaft or excavation.

Shafted :: Shafted (a.) Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch..

Collar :: Collar (n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft..

Shafted :: Shafted (a.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.

Driving :: Driving (a.) Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft..

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

Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

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..

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..

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..

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

Columnar :: Columnar (a.) Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.