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Shafts is Black−American slang for ones legs
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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.
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The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts.
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Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.
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One of the shafts of a clustered column.
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Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
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A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
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A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
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The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.
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A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.
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A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
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The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger.
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The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thill horse.
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One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
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A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.
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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.
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In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
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A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae).
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The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
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Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.
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