Line shaft (Mach.), a main shaft of considerable length, in a shop or
factory, usually bearing a number of pulleys by which machines are
driven, commonly by means of countershafts; -- called also line, or
main line. - - Shaft alley (Naut.), a passage extending from the engine
room to the stern, and containing the propeller shaft. -- Shaft furnace
(Metal.), a furnace, in the form of a chimney, which is charged at the
top and tapped at the bottom.
Shaft"ed, a. 1. Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted
arch.
2. (Her.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the
shaft are of different tinctures.
Shaft"ing, n. (Mach.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected
shafts for communicating motion.
{ Shaft"man (?), Shaft"ment (?), } n. [AS. sceaftmund.] A measure of
about six inches. [Obs.]
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Shag (?), n. [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the
beard, Sw. skägg, Dan. skj&?;g. Cf. Schock of hair.] 1. Coarse hair or
nap; rough, woolly hair.
True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn.
Gay.