hammer shaft

  • 1Shaft — Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape},… …

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  • 2Shaft alley — Shaft Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape} …

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  • 3Shaft furnace — Shaft Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape} …

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  • 4shaft´like´ — shaft «shaft, shahft», noun, verb. –n. 1. a bar to support parts of a machine that turn, or to help move parts such as gears or pulleys, or to transmit power from one part of a machine to another, such as the drive shaft of an automobile. 2. a… …

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  • 5shaft — shaftless, adj. shaftlike, adj. /shaft, shahft/, n. 1. a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows. 2. something directed or barbed as in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm. 3. a ray or beam: a shaft of sunlight.… …

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  • 6Hammer (film) — Infobox Film name = Hammer director = Bruce Clark producer = Al Adamson writer = Charles Johnson starring = Fred Williamson, Bernie Hamilton, Vonetta McGee, William Smith, Elizabeth Harding, Mel Stewart, Stack Pierce music = Solomon Burke… …

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  • 7Hammer (automobile) — The Hammer was an automobile built in Detroit, Michigan by the Hammer Motor Company from 1905 06. The Hammer was a light car built with a two cylinder, 12 hp engine in 1905. This was replaced with a 24 hp, four cylinder engine for 1906. The five… …

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  • 8shaft — /ʃaft / (say shahft) noun 1. a long pole or rod forming the body of various weapons, as a spear, lance, or arrow. 2. something directed as in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm. 3. a ray or beam: shaft of sunlight. 4. the handle of a hammer, axe,… …

  • 9Hammer — 1) Heavy weapon with a shaft and a hammerhead, used on foot or one handed on horseback. [< OldEngl. hamor] 2) Her. Hammers were often used as a *charge, usually with claws. Not unnaturally, smiths and hammermen s companies used the hammer …

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  • 10hammer mill — noun 1. : a grinder in which feed and other products are pulverized by several rows of thin steel hammers revolving at high speed 2. : a crusher in which minerals (as ores, rock, coal) are broken up by the impact of swinging hammer bars hinged to …

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