See Also: colature(dictionary)

shafting (iou) and colature (iou)


shafting (iou)



shafting noun. E19.
[from SHAFT noun + -ING1.]
I.
A system of connected shafts for transmitting motion. Also, material from which to cut lengths of shafts. E19.
Shafts or ornamental columns collectively. M19.
II.
The shafts of a mine collectively. L19.

colature (iou)



colature noun.LME.
[Old & mod. French, or late Latin colatura, from colat-: see COLANDER, -URE.]
The product of straining. LME-E17.
A strainer; Anatomy a sphenoidal sinus. L16-L17.
= COLATION. M17-L18.
colatory noun = COLATURE 2 LME-E18.