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Cup :: Cup (v. t.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw..

Male :: Male (v. t.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc..

Corkscrew :: Corkscrew (v. t.) To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd..

Screw :: Screw (n.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand..

Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..

Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork..

Screw :: Screw (v. t.) To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage..

Threader :: Threader (n.) A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.

Knurled :: Knurled (a.) Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin..

Bottlescrew :: Bottlescrew (n.) A corkscrew.

Hindleys Screw :: Hindleys screw () A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.

Washer :: Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc..

Feeze :: Feeze (v. t.) To turn, as a screw..

Gib :: Gib (n.) A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw..

Screw :: Screw (n.) An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance..

Thumbkin :: Thumbkin (n.) An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.

Propeller :: Propeller (n.) A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.

Comb :: Comb (n.) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser..

Screwing :: Screwing () a. & n. from Screw, v. t..

Water Screw :: Water screw () A screw propeller.

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