Shafting

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A system of shafts, as in a mechanical device, for transmitting motion or power.
  • n. Material from which shafts are made.
  • n. Slang An instance of harsh or unfair treatment: got a shafting when they bought that house.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of shaft.
  • n. shafts collectively; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In mach; the system of shafts which connects machinery with the prime mover, and through which motion is communicated to the former by the latter. See shaft, 4 .
  • n. A darkening of the shaft, or quill of a feather, as in some breeds of poultry.
  • Word Usage
    "There was no choice as there was nothing else available, and while I admit to toying with the idea of shafting one of the lieutenants or captains with my halfway machine and taking his, I couldn't quite see that."
    Cross Reference
    Verb Stem
    shaft   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    crafting    drafting    grafting    rafting   
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