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

Downcast :: Downcast (n.) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart..

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..

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

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..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant..

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..

Shafted :: Shafted (a.) Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch..

Heft :: Heft (n.) Same as Haft, n..

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

Beam :: Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam..

Bar :: Bar (n.) A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color..

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

Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc..

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..

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

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

Haft :: Haft (n.) A dwelling.

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..

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