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equip with a shaft a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column a vertical passage into a mine a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow) a revolving rod that transmits power or motion the main (mid) section of a long bone an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead''"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit the hollow shaft of a feather a long pointed rod used as a weapon obscene terms for penis a column of light (as from a beacon) |
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