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

Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear..

Driving :: Driving (a.) Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft..

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis..

Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

Collar :: Collar (n.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars..

Heelpost :: Heelpost (n.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.

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

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..

Cincture :: Cincture (n.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column..

Web :: Web (n.) The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.

Intercolumniation :: Intercolumniation (n.) The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts..

Wire-tailed :: Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.

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

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..

Fast :: Fast (n.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster..

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

Cimbia :: Cimbia (n.) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it.

Cleading :: Cleading (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc..

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