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

Dudgeon :: Dudgeon (n.) The haft of a dagger.

Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently..

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

Scepterellate :: Scepterellate (a.) Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.

Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) The staff, or shaft, of a pike..

Verge :: Verge (n.) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft..

Center :: Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe..

Prickshaft :: Prickshaft (n.) An arrow.

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

Rock Shaft :: Rock shaft () A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft..

Rocker :: Rocker (n.) Same as Rock shaft.

Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..

Plumming :: Plumming (n.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines..

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

Countershaft :: Countershaft (n.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine..

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..

Aftershaft :: Aftershaft (n.) The hypoptilum.

Bar :: Bar (n.) A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color..

Sollar :: Sollar (n.) A platform in a shaft, especially one of those between the series of ladders in a shaft..

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