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Paddle
·vi ·see Paddle staff (b), below. II. Paddle ·vt To pat or stroke amorously, or gently. III. Paddl...

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paddle
to tipple. Exm. ...

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paddle
A kind of oar, used by the natives of India, Africa, America, and by most savages; it is shorter and...

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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. ...

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

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cock-paddle
A name of the paddle or lump-fish (Cyclopterus lumpus). ...

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paddle-beams
Two large beams projecting over the sides of a steamer, between which the paddle-wheels revolve. (Se...

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paddle-box
The frame of wood which encircles the upper part of the paddle-wheel. ...

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paddle-steamer
A steam-ship propelled through the water by paddle-wheels. ...

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paddle-wheels
The wheels on each side of a steamer, suspended externally by a shaft, and driven by steam, to prope...

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

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

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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...

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butt-shaft
, or butt-bolt An arrow without a barb, used for shooting at a butt. ...

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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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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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paddle-box boats
Boats made to fit the paddle-box rim, stowed bottom upwards on each box. ...

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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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