Shaft+of+a+column

  • 41shaft — n. 1. Arrow, missile, weapon. 2. Handle. 3. Thill, pole, tongue. 4. Trunk (of a column). 5. Axis, spindle, arbor. 6. Spire, pinnacle. 7. Stem, stalk, trunk …

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  • 42Shaft — ♦ Slender column. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414) …

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  • 43shaft —   1. Column. Kia, pou.   2. See handle …

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  • 44Line shaft — 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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  • 45Attached column — Column Col umn, n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr. cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to holm. See {Holm}, and cf. {Colonel}.] 1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling,… …

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  • 46Clustered column — Column Col umn, n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr. cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to holm. See {Holm}, and cf. {Colonel}.] 1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling,… …

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  • 47Trajan's Column — Location Trajan s Forum Built in 113 CE Built by/for Emperor Trajan Type of structure …

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  • 48Solomonic column — The Solomonic column, also called Barley sugar column, is a helical column, characterized by a spiraling twisting shaft like a corkscrew. It is not signified by a specific capital style and may be crowned with any design, for example, a Roman… …

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  • 49Nelson's Column — For the BBC comedy, see Nelson s Column (TV series). For the Montreal neighbourhood, see Nelson s Column, Montreal. Nelson s column in Trafalgar square Nelson s Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in central London built to commemorate… …

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  • 50steering column — A shaft connecting the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly. Also called the steering shaft. See absorbing steering column adjustable steering column collapsible steering column energy absorbing steering column height adjustable steering… …

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