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Apophyge :: Apophyge (n.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.

Groove :: Groove (n.) A shaft or excavation.

Way Shaft :: Way shaft () An interior shaft, usually one connecting two levels..

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

Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently..

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

Air Shaft :: Air shaft () A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel..

Scape :: Scape (n.) The shaft of a column.

Heugh :: Heugh (n.) A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry.

Tubbing :: Tubbing (n.) A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety..

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

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

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

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The chamber of a blast furnace.

Aftershaft :: Aftershaft (n.) The hypoptilum.

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

Plumming :: Plumming (n.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines..

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

Lug :: Lug (n.) The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.

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..

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