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A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners. Tub fast, an old mode of treatment for the venereal disease, by sweating in a close place, or tub, and fasting. [Obs.] Shak. -- Tub wheel, a horizontal water wheel, usually in the form of a short cylinder, to the circumference of which sp…

A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.

ixed. Tug iron, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.

l net, a net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow at the other. -- Tunnel pit, Tunnel shaft, a pit or shaft sunk from the top of the ground to the level of a tunnel, for drawing up the earth and stones, for ventilation, lighting, and the like.

vely to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.

Having two crank set near together and opposite to one another; as, a two-throw crank shaft.

A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth. Weale.

to both at the same time. -- Universal joint (Mach.), a contrivance used for joining two shafts or parts of a machine endwise, so that the one may give rotary motion to the other when forming an angle with it, or may move freely in all directions with respect to the other, as by means of a cross connecting the forked…

Designating a method of shaft excavation by drifting to a point below, and then raising instead of sinking.

The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.

A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging. Contingent, or Springing, use (Law), a use to come into operation on a future uncertain event. -- In use. (a) In employment; in customary practice observance. (b) In heat; --…

The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in. [Obs.] Shaftesbury.

The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.

A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand. [Written also vamplet.]

The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft. Oxf. Gloss.

An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

The arm of a crank between the shaft and the wrist.

A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.

s; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey. Whim gin (Mining), a whim. See Whim, 2. -- Whim shaft (Mining), a shaft through which ore, water, etc., is raised from a mine by means of a whim.

The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.