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Boss :: Boss (n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another..

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

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..

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

Flight :: Flight (n.) A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft..

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

Downcast :: Downcast (n.) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

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

Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering..

Crib :: Crib (n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft..

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow..

Lander :: Lander (n.) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.

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..

Fast :: Fast (n.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A rod at the end of a heddle.

Station :: Station (n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc..

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft..

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

Gorgerin :: Gorgerin (n.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column..

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