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SH'AFT, n. L. scapus from the root of shape, from setting, or shooting, extending.
1. An arrow a missile weapin as the archer and the shaft.
So loftly was the pile, a Parthian bow
Whith vigor drawn must send the shaft below. Dryden.
2. In mining, a pit or long narrow opening or entrance into a mine. This may possibly be a different word, as in German it is written schacht, Dan. skaegte.
3. In architecture, the shaft of a column is the body of it, between the base and the capital.
4. Any thing straight as the shaft of a steeple, and many other things.
5. The stem or stock of a fether or quill.
6. The pole of a carriage, sometimes called tongue or neap. The thills of a chaise or geg are also called shafts.
7. The handle of a weapon.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Shaft'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/shaft.html.
Entry for 'Shaft'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/shaft.html.
