Look up: SHAFT

1. Shaft
   Narrow column.
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2. shaft
   The structural member which serves as the main support of a column or pier. The shaft is between the capital and the base.
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3. shaft
   [n] - a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer 2. [n] - a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) 3. [n] - upright consisting of the vertical part of a column 4. [n] - a vertical passage into a mine 5. [n] - a long rod or pole (especially the handle...
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4. Shaft
   narrow column
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5. Shaft
   Vertical entrances into mines.
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6. Shaft
   The body of an arrow to which the nock, pile and fletchings are fitted.
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7. shaft
   The long narrow pole that is the handle of an axe, or the stick part of an arrow.
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8. Shaft
   Large vertical duct used for housing services or lifts.
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9. Shaft
   Coal shafts were vertical openings, through which coal mines were entered. They were often lined with wood, stone or brick. Many survive as open holes or as an overgrown earthwork. The earliest examples belong to the medieval period, but most were dug in the 18th and 19th centuries A vertical hole s...
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10. Shaft
    The middle part of a long bone
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11. shaft
    that part of a rotor which carries other rotating members and which is supported by bearings in which it can rotate Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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12. Shaft
    The trunk of a column between the base and capital.
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13. Shaft
    In architecture, the shaft is the part of a column between the capital and the base. It may be monolithic, or constructed out of several cylindrical elements called drums.
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14. Shaft
    Shaft noun [ Middle English shaft , schaft , Anglo-Saxon sceaft ; akin to Dutch schacht , Old High German scaft , German schaft , Dan. & Swedish skaft handle, haft, Icelandic skapt , and probabl...
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15. shaft
    1. The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow. 'His sleep, his meat, his drink, is him bereft, That lean he wax, and dry as is a shaft.' (Chaucer) 'A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele [stale], the feathers, and the head.' (Ascham) ... 2. The long handle of a spear or similar wea...
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16. shaft
    noun a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
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17. shaft
    noun a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
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18. shaft
    noun (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
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19. shaft
    noun the hollow spine of a feather
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20. shaft
    a vertical passageway in a mine that allows for ventilation and movement between the surface and the different levels of the mine
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21. shaft
    (shaft) a long, slender part of any structure. diaphysis. hair shaft the major portion of a hair, designating especially the portion that extends beyond the surface of the skin.
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22. Shaft
    • (n.) The chamber of a blast furnace. • (n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow. • (n.) That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical. • (n.) The body of a column; the cylindric...
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23. shaft
    (from the article `order`) The shaft, which rests upon the base, is a long, narrow, vertical cylinder that in some orders is articulated with fluting (vertical grooves). The ...
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24. shaft
    (from the article `tunnels and underground excavations`) horizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature`s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A ... The mining industry has been the primary constructor of shafts, because at many locations these are essential for access to ore, for v...
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25. shaft
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