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Definition of shaft
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of shaft is as below...
Shaft (n.) A
humming
bird
(Thaumastura
cora)
having
two of the tail
feathers
next to the
middle
ones very long in the male; --
called
also cora
humming
bird.
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Whip
::
Whip (v. t.) The
length
of the arm
reckoned
from the
shaft.
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..
Shaft
::
Shaft (n.) The stem or
midrib
of a
feather.
Upcast
::
Upcast
(n.) The
ventilating
shaft of a mine out of which the air
passes
after
having
circulated
through
the mine; --
distinguished
from the
downcast.
Called
also
upcast
pit, and
upcast
shaft..
Underlayer
::
Underlayer
(n.) A
perpendicular
shaft sunk to cut the lode at any
required
depth.
Shaftment
::
Shaftment
(n.) A
measure
of about six
inches.
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..
Lug
::
Lug (n.) The
leather
loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
Coupling
::
Coupling
(n.) A
device
or
contrivance
which
serves
to
couple
or
connect
adjacent
parts or
objects;
as, a belt
coupling,
which
connects
the ends of a belt; a car
coupling,
which
connects
the cars in a
train;
a shaft
coupling,
which
connects
the ends of
shafts..
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)..
Cincture
::
Cincture
(n.) The
fillet,
listel,
or band next to the
apophyge
at the
extremity
of the shaft of a
column..
Tub
::
Tub (n.) A box or
bucket
in which coal or ore is sent up a
shaft;
-- so
called
by
miners.
Pivot
::
Pivot (n.) The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
support;
as, the pivot of an arbor in a
watch..
Bonnet
::
Bonnet
(n.) A
roofing
over the cage of a mine, to
protect
its
occupants
from
objects
falling
down the
shaft..
Bank
::
Bank (n.) The
ground
at the top of a
shaft;
as, ores are
brought
to
bank..
Cabling
::
Cabling
(n.) The
decoration
of a
fluted
shaft of a
column
or of a
pilaster
with
reeds,
or
rounded
moldings,
which seem to be laid in the
hollows
of the
fluting.
These are
limited
in
length
to about one third of the
height
of the
shaft..
Brattice
::
Brattice
(n.) A wall of
separation
in a shaft or
gallery
used for
ventilation.
Eccentric
::
Eccentric
(n.) A disk or wheel so
arranged
upon a shaft that the
center
of the wheel and that of the shaft do not
coincide.
It is used for
operating
valves
in steam
engines,
and for other
purposes.
The
motion
derived
is
precisely
that of a crank
having
the same
throw..
Lance
::
Lance (n.) A
weapon
of war,
consisting
of a long shaft or
handle
and a steel blade or head; a spear
carried
by
horsemen,
and often
decorated
with a small flag; also, a spear or
harpoon
used by
whalers
and
fishermen..
Web
::
Web (n.) The arm of a crank
between
the shaft and the
wrist.
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