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Axle :: Axle (n.) A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.

Hyporhachis :: Hyporhachis (n.) The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.

Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.

Shaftment :: Shaftment (n.) A measure of about six inches.

Shaft :: 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.

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament..

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

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.

Staple :: Staple (n.) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels..

Brattice :: Brattice (n.) A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation.

Drop :: Drop (n.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.

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

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..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A pole, especially a Maypole..

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..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill..

Way Shaft :: Way shaft () A rock shaft.

Vireton :: Vireton (n.) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

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