Shaft
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to equip something with a shaft To have sexual intercourse with someone To engage in a malicious act; to rip off, as in "He got shafted."
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The long narrow body of a spear or arrow A beam or ray of light Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, or the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive. The main axis of a feather The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick A long narrow passage sunk into the earth, for mining etc; a mineshaft. A vertical or near-vertical cave passage. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft. A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct. A malicious act, as in “to give someone the shaft” The main narrow part of the penis
Example sentence: I ate supper after Dad saw the evening shift down the shaft, and I went to sleep to the ringing of a hammer on steel and the dry hiss of an arc welder at the little tipple machine shop during the hoot-owl shift.
Lance
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight's armour.A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.A lancet.