Shaft: alternatives and connections

A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel.

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A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.

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Alt. of Assegai

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A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

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The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

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Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.

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A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting…

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A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.

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A ray of light from the moon.

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A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

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The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on whic…

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A beam or ray of the sun.

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One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.

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A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.

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An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.

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The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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of Beat

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To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…

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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide wi…

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imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Flax; linen.

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To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; thin…

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The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.

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The male member, or organ of generation.

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The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.

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To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.

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One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.

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A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).

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A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

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To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

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An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring…

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A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

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A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

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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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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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A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.

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A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

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A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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See Mien.

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The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not suppor…

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The entire clothing of a bird.

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A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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One who, or that which, points.

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A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a fun…

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Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

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The pointed head, or end, of a spear.

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Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

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Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

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An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; tr…

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To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money.

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The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

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An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.

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To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

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Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.

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To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.

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A professional rider of horses in races.

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A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag;…

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One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.

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That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

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One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.

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To array.

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A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

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A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…

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To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

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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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An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…

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