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

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

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

Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

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

Limber :: Limber (n.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit..

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

Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial..

Upcast :: Upcast (n.) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft..

Blower :: Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc..

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

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc..

Sill :: Sill (n.) The shaft or thill of a carriage.

Stemson :: Stemple (n.) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step..

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

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

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..

Underlayer :: Underlayer (n.) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.

Well :: Well (v. i.) A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal..

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