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Pin :: Pin (n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.

Fang :: Fang (v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course..

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure..

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..

Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.

Aftershaft :: Aftershaft (n.) The hypoptilum.

Shafted :: Shafted (a.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.

Toe :: Toe (n.) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step..

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.

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

Bank :: Bank (n.) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank..

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

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

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

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

Shathmont :: Shathmont (n.) A shaftment.

Foundershaft :: Foundershaft (n.) The first shaft sunk.

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..

Nib :: Nib (n.) One of the handles which project from a scythe snath; also, [Prov. Eng.], the shaft of a wagon..

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