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Definition of Shaft
| n. | 1. | The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | (Bot.) That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical. | | 4. | (Arch.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc. | | 4. | (Zool.) 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. | | 5. | (Weaving) A rod at the end of a heddle. | | 5. | (Mining) A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc. | | 6. | A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft. | | 7. | The chamber of a blast furnace. |
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