Driving shaft

( Mach.) Any shaft which gives motion to another shaft. Driv'ing-springs, n . pl . ( Mach . ) The springs fixed upon the boxes of the driving-axle of a locomotive-engine, to support the weight and to deaden the shocks caused by irregularities in the rails. Driving-wheels, n . pl . ( Mach .) The wheel which communicates the motion to the pinion, or the second wheel deriving its motion from the first, which may either be a multiplying or diminishing wheel according to the nece ities of the case. - The name of driving wheels is also given to the large wheels of a locomotive engine, which are fixed upon the crank-axle or main shaft of the engine. Drizzle, ( driel ,) v. n. [A. S. dreosan , to fall.] To fall, as water from the clouds, in very fine particles; to rain in small drops; as, a drizzling shower. -v. d. To shed in small drops or particles. "When the sun sets, the ai doth drizzle dew." - Shaks. -n. A small, thin rain. Drizzly, adv. Shedding small rain, or small particles of sleet or snow; as, "Winter's drizzly rain."