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ROCK SHAFT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rock" shaft`\ [Cf. {Rock}, v. i.] (Mach.)
A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of
revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it
receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the
valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also {rocker},
{rocking shaft}, and {way shaft}.
 

 

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