Definition of screw

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Screw (n.) Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below..

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Bush :: Bush (n.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored..
Screw :: Screw (v. t.) To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage..
Countersink :: Countersink (n.) An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt..
Thumbkin :: Thumbkin (n.) An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
Corkscrew :: Corkscrew (v. t.) To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd..
Doublethreaded :: Doublethreaded (a.) Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads.
Tap :: Tap (v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut..
Drill Press :: Drill press () A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw..
Screw :: Screw (n.) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor..
Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.
Crick :: Crick (n.) A small jackscrew.
Helix :: Helix (n.) A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane..
Screw :: Screw (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
Vane :: Vane (n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc..
Archimedes :: Archimedes (n.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.
Thread :: Thread (n.) The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1..
Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical..
Breech Screw :: Breech screw () A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore..
Stock :: Stock (n.) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.
Knurled :: Knurled (a.) Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin..
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