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Shafting :: Shafting (n.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion..

Tub :: Tub (n.) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.

Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc..

Element :: Element (n.) One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite..

Hafter :: Hafter (n.) A caviler; a wrangler.

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a 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..

Draglink :: Draglink (n.) A link connecting the cranks of two 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)..

Brace :: Brace (n.) The mouth of a shaft.

Shaft :: 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..

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..

Arbalist :: Arbalist (n.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc..

Lum :: Lum (n.) A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.

Ginging :: Ginging (n.) The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving.

Beam :: Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam..

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

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

Cage :: Cage (n.) The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft..

Chimney :: Chimney (n.) That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft..

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