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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..

Crew :: Crew (n.) The Manx shearwater.

Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.

Screw :: Screw (n.) A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or,

Stock :: Stock (n.) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.

Machine :: Machine (n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to

Terminal :: Terminal (n.) Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole..

Bottlescrew :: Bottlescrew (n.) A corkscrew.

Crewel :: Crewel (n.) Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery..

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 (n.) A small packet of tobacco.

Screw :: Screw (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.

Screw :: Screw (v. i.) To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair..

Screwed :: Screwed (imp. & p. p.) of Scre.

Clamp :: Clamp (n.) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.

Archimedes :: Archimedes (n.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..

Surculate :: Surcrew (n.) Increase; addition; surplus.

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

Thread :: Thread (n.) The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1..

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