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Groomer :: Groomer (n.) One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses..

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

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

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

Collar :: Collar (n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow..

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

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A rod at the end of a heddle.

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

Boss :: Boss (n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another..

Shaftman :: Shaftman (n.) Alt. of Shaftmen.

Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.

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.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc..

Drib :: Drib (v. t. & i.) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.

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

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..

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

Crib :: Crib (n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft..

Spear :: Spear (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance..

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