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Screw :: 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..

Screw-cutting :: Screw-cutting (a.) Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe..

Tap :: Tap (n.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges..

Strombus :: Strombuliform (a.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.

Mill :: Mill (n.) To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to coin..

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..

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.

Archimedean :: Archimedean (a.) Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc..

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

Screw-driver :: Screw-driver (n.) A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.

Screw :: Screw (v. t.) To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination..

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..

Button :: Button (n.) A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door..

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.

Corkscrew :: Corkscrew (n.) An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles.

Water Snail :: Water snail () The Archimedean screw.

Pandanus :: Pandanus (n.) A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine.

Drill Press :: Drill press () A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw..

Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger..

Lute :: Lute (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or sides, arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed..

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