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shaft 
noun
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- 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"
Synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shot, slam - a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
Synonyms: beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft of light - the main (mid) section of a long bone
Synonyms: diaphysis - obscene terms for penis
Synonyms: cock, dick, pecker, peter, prick, putz, tool - a long pointed rod used as a weapon
Synonyms: lance, spear - a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
Synonyms: scape - a vertical passage into a mine
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
Synonyms: rotating shaft - the hollow shaft of a feather
Synonyms: calamus, quill
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