shaft /shäft/

1. Anything long and straight
2. A stem
3. An arrow
4. A missile (esp figurative)
5. The main, upright, straight, or cylindrical part of anything
6. The part of a cross below the arms
7. The part of a column between the base and the capital
8. The rachis of a feather
9. The thill of a carriage on either side of the horse
10. A straight handle
11. A pole
12. A ray or beam of light
13. A rotating rod that transmits motion
14. A well-like excavation or passage
15. The penis (vulgar sl)
16. A woman's body (purely as a sexual object) (US vulgar sl)

1. To have sexual intercourse with (a woman) (vulgar sl)
2. To dupe, swindle, treat unfairly (slang)

shaftˈed adjective

shaftˈer noun

(also shaftˈ-horse) a horse harnessed between shafts

shaftˈing noun

1. The action of the verb in either sense
2. A system of shafts

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