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- Shaft - n. - The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
- Shaft - n. - The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.
- Shaft - n. - That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.
- Shaft - n. - The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant.
- Shaft - n. - The stem or midrib of a feather.
- Shaft - n. - The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.
- Shaft - n. - The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.
- Shaft - n. - The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.
- Shaft - n. - A pole, especially a Maypole.
- Shaft - n. - The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple.
- Shaft - n. - A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
- Shaft - n. - A rod at the end of a heddle.
- Shaft - n. - A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine.
- 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 - n. - A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.
- Shaft - n. - A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.
- Shaft - n. - The chamber of a blast furnace.
- Shafted - a. - Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.
- Shafted - a. - Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.
- Shafting - n. - Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
- Shaftman - n. - Alt. of Shaftment
- Shaftment - n. - A measure of about six inches.
- Cabling - n. - The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft.
- Arbalist - n. - A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc.
- Guard - v. t. - An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision.
- Drop - n. - The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- Rhachis - n. - The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis.
- Pillar - n. - 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 supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.
- Pike - n. & v. - 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.
- Web - n. - The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather.
- Cable - n. - A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.
- Downcast - n. - A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
- Pit - n. - The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.
- Shaft - n. - A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine.
- 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.
- Well - v. i. - A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
- Lum - n. - A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
- Brattice - n. - A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation.
- Cincture - n. - The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
- Gudgeon - n. - The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
- Step - v. i. - A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
- Shaft - n. - The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.
- Neckmould - n. - A small convex molding surrounding a column at the jinction of the shaft and capital.
- Stulm - n. - A shaft or gallery to drain a mine.
- Indicator - n. - A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc.
- Station - n. - An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- Vagina - n. - The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.
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- H2671 חֵץ - 2671 חֵץ - חֵץ - - chêts - khayts - from חָצַץ; also by interchange for עֵץ; properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear; [phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H5158 נַחַל - 5158 נַחַל - נַחַל - - nachal - nakh'-al - or (feminine) נַחְלָה; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from נָחַל in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine); brook, flood, river, stream, valley. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H7070 קָנֶה - 7070 קָנֶה - קָנֶה - - qâneh - kaw-neh' - from קָנָה; a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard); balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, [idiom] spearman, stalk. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H3409 יָרֵךְ - 3409 יָרֵךְ - יָרֵךְ - - yârêk - yaw-rake' - from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side; [idiom] body, loins, shaft, side, thigh. - Noun Feminine - heb
- H2975 יְאֹר - 2975 יְאֹר - יְאֹר - - yᵉʼôr - yeh-ore' - of Egyptian origin; a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria; brook, flood, river, stream. - Noun Masculine - heb
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- Numbers 4 8:4 - And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work : according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
וזה מעשׂה המנרה מקשׁה זהב עד־ירכה עד־פרחה מקשׁה הוא כמראה אשׁר הראה יהוה את־משׁה כן עשׂה את־המנרה - Isaiah 23 49:2 - And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword ; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft ; in his quiver hath he hid me;
וישׂם פי כחרב חדה בצל ידו החביאני וישׂימני לחץ ברור באשׁפתו הסתירני
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- Numbers 4 8:4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
מַעֲשֶׂה מְנוֹרָה מִקְשָׁה זָהָב יָרֵךְ פֶּרַח מִקְשָׁה מַרְאֶה יְהֹוָה רָאָה מֹשֶׁה עָשָׂה מְנוֹרָה - Exodus 2 37:17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same:
עָשָׂה מְנוֹרָה טָהוֹר זָהָב מִקְשָׁה עָשָׂה מְנוֹרָה יָרֵךְ קָנֶה גְּבִיעַ כַּפְתֹּר פֶּרַח - Exodus 2 25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
עָשָׂה מְנוֹרָה טָהוֹר זָהָב מִקְשָׁה מְנוֹרָה עָשָׂה יָרֵךְ קָנֶה גְּבִיעַ כַּפְתֹּר פֶּרַח - Isaiah 23 49:2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
שׂוּם פֶּה חַד חֶרֶב צֵל יָד חָבָא שׂוּם בָּרַר חֵץ אַשְׁפָּה סָתַר