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Fig.: To be noise about; to chafe against. The sea that chides the banks of England. Shak. To chide hither, chide from, or chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.

cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. Milton.

A vibrant or whirring noise such as that made by some insects, as the cockchafer, or by some birds, as the nightjar, the partridge, etc.

A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it. [Written also cimia.]

The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

over a fire; specif., an iron- headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and a long shaft.

A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.

To secure from leaking, as a chaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. Raymond.

r catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.

ing something to its place, or for hibing an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.

rt for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.

Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column. Columnar epithelium (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells are priismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they cover. -- Columnar structure (Geol.), a structure consisting of more or less regular columns, usually six-sided,…

f the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. Shaff.

A transmission arrangement in which the longitudinal crank shaft drives the rear wheels through a clutch, change-speed gear, countershaft, and two parallel side chains, in order.

A copier. [Obs.] "A copist after nature." Shaftesbury.

which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts. Box coupling, Chain coupling. See under Box, Chain. -- Coupling box, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve t…

cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilatingshaft, etc.

A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.