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n. The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase.

n. The open space left beyond the ends of the steps of a staircase.

n. A cavity which receives a counterbalancing weight in certain mechanical contrivances, and is adapted also for other purposes.

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n. The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase.

n. The open space left beyond the ends of the steps of a staircase.

n. A cavity which receives a counterbalancing weight in certain mechanical contrivances, and is adapted also for other purposes.

n. A deep, narrow, perpendicular cavity, as the space from top to bottom of a house round which stairs turn; also, an inclosure in which a balancing-weight rises and falls, etc.

n. The well-room of a boat.

"In such a chamber they made a little fireplace, its chimney running up on one side of the wellhole by which the chamber was entered."

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