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Rock Shaft
Webster's Dictionary
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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rock Shaft'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/rock-shaft.html. 1828.