butt-shaft

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• Butt shaft

  ·- An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an <<Arrow>>. ...

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• Shaft

  ·noun A rod at the end of a heddle. II. Shaft ·noun A pole, especially a Maypole. III. Shaft ·noun...

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• shaft

  A handle; as, a whip-shaft, the handle of a whip.--Jamieson, Scottish Dictionary. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• shaft

  a lead-mine, or coal-pit. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Butt

  ·noun The common English flounder. II. Butt ·vt ·Alt. of <<But>>. III. Butt ·vt To strike by thrus...

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• butt

  A dependant, poor relation, or simpleton, on whom all kinds of practical jokes are played off; and w...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• butt

  a bee-butt or hive. Exmoor. ...

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• butt

  The joining of two timbers or planks endways. Also, the opening between the ends of two planks when ...

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• butt-and-butt

  A term denoting that the butt ends of two planks come together, but do not overlay each other. (See ...

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• Air shaft

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

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• Lay shaft

  ·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Layshaft>>. ...

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• Rock shaft

  ·- A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, — usually carrying levers by means...

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• Way shaft

  ·- A rock shaft. II. Way shaft ·- An interior shaft, usually one connecting two levels. ...

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• Shaft Alley

  See Shaft's Court. ...

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• monkey-shaft

  n. «A shaft rising from a lowerto a higher level (as a rule perpendicularly), and differingfrom a b...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• crank-shaft

  In a steamer. (See intermediate shaft.) ...

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• intermediate shaft

  In a steamer, is the iron crank common to both engines. ...

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• main-shaft

  The principal shaft in machinery. ...

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• paddle-shaft

  The stout iron axis carrying the paddle-wheels, which revolves with them when keyed. ...

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• weigh-shaft

  In the marine-engine, the same as wiper-shaft. ...

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• wiper-shaft

  An application to the valve equipoise of a marine-engine: their journals or bearings lie in bushes, ...

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• Butt hinge

  ·- ·see 1st Butt, 10. ...

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• Butt joint

  ·- A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlap...

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• Butt weld

  ·- ·see Butt weld, under <<Butt>>. ...

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• Full-butt

  ·adv With direct and violentop position; with sudden collision. ...

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• Water butt

  ·- A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. ...

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• full butt

  With sudden collision. The figure is taken from the violent encounter of animals, such as rams or go...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• butt-end

  The shoulder part of a fire-lock. ...

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• butt-bolt

  See butt-shaft ...

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• caulking-butt

  The opening between ends or joints of the planks when worked for caulking. ...

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• close-butt

  Where caulking is not used, the butts or joints of the planks are sometimes rabbeted, and fayed clos...

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• oil-butt

  A name for the black whale. ...

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• hook and butt

  The scarphing or laying two ends of planks over each other. (See butt-and-butt and hook-scarph.) ...

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• shaft of a mine

  The narrow perpendicular pit by which the gallery is entered, and from which the branches of the min...

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• butt-slinging a bowsprit

  See slings. ...

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