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Rock Shaft

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A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, - usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; - called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rock Shaft'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rock-shaft.html. 1828.
 
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