• noun:   a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
• noun:   a vertical passage into a mine
• noun:   (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
• noun:   a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
• noun:   a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
• noun:   a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
• noun:   the main (mid) section of a long bone
• noun:   an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

  Example: "She threw shafts of sarcasm"

• noun:   the hollow shaft of a feather
• noun:   a long pointed rod used as a weapon
• noun:   obscene terms for penis
• noun:   a column of light (as from a beacon)
• verb:   equip with a shaft
• verb:   defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit

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