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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A system of shafts, as in a mechanical device, for transmitting motion or power.
  • noun Material from which shafts are made.
  • noun Slang An instance of harsh or unfair treatment.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A darkening of the shaft, or quill of a feather, as in some breeds of poultry.
  • noun In mach; the system of shafts which connects machinery with the prime mover, and through which motion is communicated to the former by the latter. See shaft, 4 .

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mach.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of shaft.
  • noun engineering shafts collectively; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion

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