Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Shaft (-s)
shaft (-s), n. [OE 'make, create, shape'.]
- Headstone; grave marker.
- Dart; flash; [fig.] snake; serpent; ophidian.
- Handle of a weapon; long part of a spear; wooden projectile for an arrow.
- Pole; straight object.
- Pit; tunnel; entrance into a mine; long narrow opening.
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